[Dialogue] aahhh, how to respond to those we love

[Suzanne Heilman]

   Sunny-A   beautiful  reminder  that  life  is  glorious  in  spite  of
   ourselves. Thanks.
   [emrose.gif] Suzanne K. Heilman 
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   >From:   "Sunny   Walker"   <sunwalker at igc.org>  >Reply-To:  Colleague
   Dialogue        <Dialogue at wedgeblade.net>        >To:       "Dialogue"
   <Dialogue at wedgeblade.net>  >Subject:  [Dialogue] aahhh, how to respond
   to  those  we  love  >Date:  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 01:37:40 -0600 > >As Jim
   pointed out, I've dealt already with my mother, a sweet woman, soon to
   be  80,  who  doesn't always read the emails from her more (dare I say
   rabid?) Texas Republican relatives before forwarding. > >These days, I
   am  still  finding  Mary Oliver's "Wage Peace" to be the most helpful.
   Sunny  > >Wage Peace >by Mary Oliver > >Wage peace with your breath. >
   >Breathe  in  firemen  and  rubble,  >breathe out whole buildings >and
   flocks  of  blackbirds.  >  >Breathe  in  terrorists  and  breathe out
   sleeping  children  >and  freshly mown fields. > >Breathe in confusion
   and breathe out maple trees. > >Breathe in the fallen >and breathe out
   lifelong  friendships  intact.  >  >Wage  peace  with  your listening:
   >hearing  sirens,  pray  loud.  > >Remember your tools: >flower seeds,
   clothes  pins, clean rivers. > >Make soup. > >Learn to knit and make a
   hat.  >  >Think of chaos as dancing raspberries, >imagine grief as the
   outbreath  of  beauty  >or  the gesture of fish. > >Swim for the other
   side.  >  >Wage  peace.  >  >Never  has  the world seemed so fresh and
   precious.  >  >Have a cup of tea and rejoice. >Act as if armistice has
   already arrived. >Don't wait another minute.
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