Pride and arrogance...mine

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Dear Friends:

 

I want to apologize for my persistent foray into the political arena every time

I try to post for peace :-) It has been a struggle for me to accept the

resistance with which I have often been received when I "cross the line."

Rather than really examine why some people would react in such a fashion to my

antiwar sentiments, I chose to consider myself correct rather than allow myself

to be corrected. In other words, I chose to muddy the line rather than examine

it as it related to my own behvior.

 

In my efforts to understand, I had to examine not only what I was saying but why

I was saying it the way that I did. After all, what is wrong with reference to

the legislators, I would ask myself. Anxious to please myself, I would always

find some reason to justify what I had done. "How can you just stand by? How

can you be so immune to the despair of others? How can you be so cold?..." I

would go through the litany of justifications. If this is detachment, then I

want to remain attached. The lawyer in me prevailed, always helping me find the

loophole :-)

 

Yet, mixed in the fabric of my self satisfaction was a new thread of uncertainty

that slowly has become the overwhelming pattern in the design that is mine. I

now Realize :-) that my efforts also call for action on the part of others, in

particular, specific political action focused in a specific political arena.

The only actions I should be trying to control are my own! God will take care

of the rest and if I want to think that I know how to surrender then I should

know how to surrender.

 

So, to those whom I have offended, I am sorry. To those who tolerated me with

the patience of the saints, thank you for your grace despite my getting in your

face. Forgive me for I knew not what I did :-) Now that I "think" I do :-),

below is my poem revised just for you:

 

Dear God, how do I love thee?

I cannot count the ways...

There is no accounting for the reasons

There is no need to account for the reasons

 

Thank you for your beautiful Garden

Thank you for the Grace that is always there

May you shed your Grace on me

That I will walk in humble service to Thee

 

We Are All Connected, Seamlessly

By the Divine Fire burning through You to me

May I follow the Light which burns in my Heart

May I shine with the Light which you Impart

 

May Thy Will Be Done

On Earth as It Is in Heaven

May we All walk Together in the Light of Your Love

Which falls with so much Grace from Above.

 

May our actions be Right

May we live in peace, filled with Thy Light

May You forgive us our trespasses

As we forgive those who trespass against us

 

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OM, Saha Naavavatu Saha Nau Bhunaktu

Saha Veeryam Karavaavahai

Tejasvi Naavadheetamastu

Maa Vidvishaavahai

 

OM, shaantiH. shaantiH, shaantiH*

 

May the Lord protect us together,

May he nourish us together.

May we work together uniting our strength for the good of humanity.

May our learning be luminous and purposeful.

May we never hate one another

 

May There be Peace, Peace and Perfect Peace

 

EternaLove,

 

Lady Joyce

 

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