Reposted from April 10, 2024
Struck.
With news.
Of terrible loss.
How can this be?
Pain, fear, doubt, guilt, shame.
Deeply entwined in so many lives.
I awoke thinking myself an individual being.
Now drawn into a reality larger than myself.
I cannot escape my part in this complex world.
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I am a co-creator of this vast, complex reality.
And this reality continuously pours into my life.
I move around receiving life’s free offerings.
Today, life gives; today I experience
Pleasure, love, safety, joy, gratitude
Freely given, humbly received.
My turn, again.
To touch.
Life.
~Bob Patrick
*I made up this poetic exercise. I invite you to give it a try. The nine steps are nine lines that grow in number. The first line has one word. The second two, and so on until you reach a nine word line. Then, you reverse it, down to one, again. What are your nine steps into interdependence, into the interdependent web of existence?
