Start with the dust on top of the bookshelves:
neglected for a time, one thing you can do
to make today better. Remember that you are
only one human. Forgive yourself for
not being able to fix a broken world.
But don't forget to add whatever light you can
to the living of your days and
what you offer to others. Wonder about
what you offer to others. Wonder about
what a green and growing peaceful earth
would feel like. Know that, at least
in your one small yard, your silent rooms,
you can accomplish
peace.
A Wild Writing offering sparked by Catherine Abbey Hodges' poem "How to Begin."
Indeed we have to forgive ourselves for not being able to fix a broken world. Some days it is enough to be able to dust the top of book shelves - to clean just one small thing to make one's world better. I liked having a glimpse inside your apartment, Sherry. Looks pretty neat to me. Smiles.
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ReplyDeletenot being able to fix a broken world... it really is hard to do that, watching the wars against people and planet, from a distance. A poem I really needed to read today..thanks Sherry.