easter sunrise, a photo by vandirk on Flickr.
Beatitudes for the 21st Century
by Jan Phillips....
Blessed be the Earth and those who tend her, for she is the source and sustenance of our lives.
Blessed be the children who hunger for food, learning, and homes that are safe, for their future is shaped by our choices today.
Blessed be refugees fleeing the violence of war and poverty-may they find shelter, peace, and work that sustains them.
Blessed be those who are calling for freedom, resisting oppression and risking their lives in the struggle for justice, for they are the shapers of a brighter world.
Blessed be the persecuted and the wrongly judged, for theirs is a sorrow lessoned only by mercy and human kindness.
Blessed be the prophets who speak and write of a world beyond war, for theirs are the words becoming flesh.
Blessed be the story-tellers, music-makers, and artists at life, for they are the true light of the world.
Blessed be the tender-hearted who mourn and grieve the wars we've fought, the lives we've lost - may peace ride in on the river of their tears.
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I say....Blessed be the visionaries, like Jan Phillips, who envision extraordinary in all of life's journey and practice it by living it in each moment of now, so that those who are witness to it glean a new understanding of the responsibility to our Brother and Sister, The Wild Kingdom, and Mother Earth and Father Sky.
A'HO!
Wishing for You, a day filled with Blessed Be! Happy Easter!!!
In Divine Love,
Akasa
