Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: "Tell me, what is it that you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
- Mary Oliver
A: "Don't dare to be different, dare to be yourself. If that doesn't make you different then something is wrong."
- Wilferd A. Peterson
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Cool image!! Perfect visualization for a 'wild & precious life'.
ReplyDeleteThat's a valuable comment, because I know you're speaking from experience :)
ReplyDeleteWhat is the emptiness of difference? The emptiness of difference is the inclusion of all. It means distinct but inextricably connected, the inseparability of which is the compassion and love we all need to overcome isolation, divisiveness, and suffering. Distinction is the different ways we convey the prism of manifestation, in the individual stretching (intention) out to realize her being, and in the collective enfolding the individual in the beautifully colored diversity of humanity. Difference is different because it is composed of all non-different elements, which simply are the similarities we all share as humans being human. In manifestation, we are all born, grow, and strive to connect and be happy. That we appear different only reflects the multiple aspects of consciousness mirroring through each other’s perceptual and conceptual experiences. But, those differences cannot be different separate from that humanity we all share. And so, we are all that humanity and, as that humanity, we are all responsible for its care and well-being—all of it. That is our burden, the greatest privilege and gift a human being has. As such, we are all mothers and fathers of humanity. Let’s burden together.
ReplyDeleteTHE BURDEN OF BEING A FATHER
Being a father is a burden and I feel its weight
constantly in the back of my heart. I have to watch
every thought and action as if they could, of a sudden,
burn down my house. The walls would collapse
and the heat would steal every last dying breath. I am
the house and I am the flame flaring at the walls
that contain it. But, I must stay awake and watch
over my children, that is why I am here. It is a burden
that I will have until my last dying breath, but I will keep
those walls strong until every last one of my children leaves.
--PL
... which reminds me of a quote by Elbert Hubbard: “I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.”
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