[Oe List ...] EARTH DAY GREETINGS: Song video; climate video; a reflection

[Marian Karpoff]

Thank you! Thank you! Ellie for that morning devotion! Fred and I are
admiring your talent and spirit transmitted so wonderfully through poem and
song. And we wonder who is Chenoa? I am guessing a grandchild?

peace,
Marian and Fred

On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 10:56 AM Ellie Stock via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> EARTH DAY greetings as we continue to work to live in harmony with Earth
> and ALL that is in it and to build communities that will midwife the
> journey through the present ecological crisis we are experiencing, on
> behalf of present and future generations.  Below are
> -a link to the song video "Let the Earth Breathe" and
> -a reflection:  "How Then Shall We Live?"
>
> Ellie :)
> elliestock at aol.com
>
>
> SONG *VIDEO*:   "Let the Earth Breathe" (link below):
>
>
>  2.15.21 Let the Earth Breathe.mp4
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OAIoAiG75StCzoRVyba64SoW2MbRFfun/view?usp=drive_web>
>
>
>
> *HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE?*
>
> *What do we call What calls from the deeps,*
> *that pulses through stars and quickens heart’s beat,*
> *that surges through waves and cleanses with fire,*
> *emerges from dust and breathes soul’s desire?*
> *What do we name What mocks human pride,*
> *that bends the Tree of Life, sustaining being’s tide?*
>
> *            How do we greet What calls to our deeps,*
> *            that lasers vulnerabilities and loves us into being,*
> *            that mourns lost illusions and leaves us defenseless,*
> *            transforms the present moment and awakens all senses?*
> *            How do we embrace What eternalizes finitude,*
> *            that opens wide portals, flooding tears of gratitude?*
>
> *            How do we know What calls us to decide,*
> *            that gives no guarantee and provides no place to hide,*
> *            that beckons all our care and trumps the doubt within,*
> *            reckons despair and hope and connects all creature kin?*
> *            How do we abide in What struggles to create,*
> *            that explodes time and space, freeing partners with Earth’s
> fate?*
>
> *            How then shall we live What chisels passion’s edge,*
> *            that resculpts past’s confoundings and empowers future’s
> wedge,*
> *            that compels us far beyond mind’s strength or comfort zone,*
> *            propels trusting steps into Great Work’s bidding unknown?*
> *            How shall we now journey in vast community*
> *            with That Which journeys through us profoundly and
> boundlessly?*
>
> *                                                            ~ ejhs*
>
>
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