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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

How to Begin

 




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 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."

2 comments:

  1. 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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  2. Forgive yourself for
    not 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.

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