I’m thinking about what it really means to be a citizen of The United States of America, and this Great Experiment that is our system of government… this wild concept of a Representative Republic with all these checks and balances specifically designed to evade both Kings and ill-informed mobs, and to recognize the value of different perspectives, interests and expertise…
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Photo entitled “Angels in the Troposphere III” by Katheryn Laible
Good morning. Rise and shine! Grateful for all with calm heads, clear eyes, pure hearts and brave souls.
To all those willing and able to speak truth and shine light; humbly, gracefully, earnestly willing to give their best;
To all who understand the Golden Rule, the sacred secular hope of our Nation’s founding, the value of the scientific method and journalistic standards, the nuance of complex history, ethics/morality and just plain common decency… to all who will uplift and stand for those who honor them, and to all those who are bravely, honestly giving it their best to learn better and do better…
For all those willing to have compassion for, and comfort, and patiently yet firmly guide to better places all who are struggling and confused and displaced and frustrated and scared and distrustful and regretful and overwhelmed and completely misled and burnt out and totally traumatized… who isn’t, in one uniquely complex way or another?
Grateful to all who start with themselves and those they know and love best, wherever you are, whatever you happen to specialize in. Grateful to all who give their lives to serve others and who help us to help ourselves so we can better help others and work together to make it all better for everyone…grateful to all who tend their own little space with love and light.
For all who recognize our common souls and unique gifts and this beautiful miracle of a planet that sustains us, that we are responsible for, and which we share with so many other souls we’re only beginning to recognize — tragically broken and yet so worth mending — and for all who keep the faith; those who see the light in the darkness, and those who honestly build the faith that we are not alone in wanting things to work out for the best for this whole precious world.
For every creature who stands up for truth and love with honor and integrity because they know it’s the right thing to do; for all who give it their best to learn and to do better than they might have done before; grateful to all who will offer a hand on board to those brave enough to cast aside what they realize is wrong, and to all who stand and uphold whatever it is they know is right.
It matters so much. It really, really does. May God that is ultimate truth and love guide us all. Best with everything.
Photo entitled “Cold Spring Harbor: Rising 2022” by Katheryn Laible
I remember the wisest, sweetest, most incredible woman I know saying, “People pray for power. It is better that they will Love, for Love is the greatest power of All.”
I pray: May I remember her teachings well. May I understand them at least enough. May we together channel more than ourselves; manifest Love and Light.
Pray for Love. Pray for Truth. Truth and Love in equal measure
For as many before and after have somehow said, “Truth without Love is brutal, and Love without Truth is false.”
This has long made sense to me.
I am still learning that it takes a third leg: Faith. To make a sturdy table, we need Faith.
Faith, Faith, Faith
…to cast away fear, have faith…
“Nothing boils in lukewarm water,” she says…Remember to command, to commune, to comfort; to will
harmony in thy multifaceted being
…Truth, Love, Faith…
Faith in the Greater. Faith in each other. Faith that as we will it already is. Faith that this Flame I feel deep within is far from mine alone. Faith that you feel This, too.
Humble before God, equal before man, recognizing the God within and the human as well, each manifesting in its own way. May we will and channel Strength with Dexterity, Grace and Mercy. Open to the Greater Good without and within, in places that we do not know.
She reminds me, “There is no saint without a past and no sinner without a future” … “He loves you not for what you are but for what you are becoming.”
“Ho’oponopono. Ho’oponopono. Ho’oponopono,” I hear other voices say. She speaks to me of Lady Quan Yin.
They remind me to start on a path to Forgiveness, to Uplift, to Enlightenment with myself; to be grateful for every blessing and each accomplishment no matter how small,
For the smallest is the greatest. For so little do we know, For we all know a little.
May we appreciate all that is Good, Humble and Grateful to be so blessed. She advises Joyful Anticipation.
Discerning and Healing. Flexible and Strong. Reconciling.
Overcoming.
Divine.
Calling all who Will to Transmute the lesser, To Receive, Accelerate and Amplify the Greater. Manifest Love. Be the Light. Keep the Faith.
This indigenous wise-woman who communes with All reminds me of St. Francis’ Prayer. “Let me be an Instrument of Thy Peace.”
Faithfully. Humbly. Gratefully. Evermore.
This I Pray. Namaste. Amem.
This piece was updated 3/26/23
Let’s just…Breathe…In… Hold… Out… Pause… In… For weeks, I have doom scrolled and wisdom sought in shock and…
Continue readingPhoto entitled “Cold Spring Harbor: Rising 2022” by Katheryn Laible
I remember the wisest, sweetest, most incredible woman I know saying,
“People pray for power. It is better that they will Love,
for Love is the greatest power of All.”
I pray: May I remember her teachings well. May I understand them at least enough.
May we together channel more than ourselves;
Manifest Love and Light.
Pray for Love. Pray for Truth. Truth and Love in equal measure
For as many before and after have somehow said, “Truth without Love is brutal, and Love without Truth is false.”
This has long made sense to me. I am still learning that it takes a third leg: Faith.
To make a sturdy table, we need Faith.
Faith, Faith, Faith
…to cast away fear, have faith…
“Nothing boils in lukewarm water,” she says.
Remember to command, to commune, to comfort; to will harmony in thy multifaceted being
…Truth, Love, Faith…
Faith in the Greater.
Faith in each other.
Faith that as we will it already is.
Faith that this Flame I feel deep within is far from mine alone.
Faith that you feel this, too.
Humble before God, equal before man, recognizing the God within and the human as well, each manifesting in its own way.
May we will and channel Strength and Dexterity, Grace and Mercy. Healing Light.
Open to the Greater Good without and within, in places that we do not know.
She reminds me:
“There is no saint without a past and no sinner without a future,”
“He loves you not for what you are but for what you are becoming.”
“Ho’oponopono. Ho’oponopono. Ho’oponopono,”
I hear other voices say.
She speaks to me of Lady Quan Yin.
They remind me to start on a path to Forgiveness,
to Uplift, to Enlightenment with myself;
to be grateful for every blessing and each accomplishment no matter how small,
For the smallest is the greatest.
For so little do we know, For we all know a little.
May we appreciate all that is Good, Humble and Grateful to be so blessed.
She advises Joyful Anticipation.
Discerning and Healing. Flexible and Strong. Reconciling.
Forgiving. Transcending. Overcoming.
Calling all who Will to Transmute the lesser, To Receive, Accelerate and Amplify the Greater.
Manifest Love. Be the Light. Keep the Faith.
Honor the Divine within and without.
This indigenous wise-woman who communes with All reminds me of St. Francis’ Prayer. “Let me be an Instrument of Thy Peace.”
Faithfully. Humbly. Gratefully. Evermore.
This I Pray. Namaste. Amem.
This piece was updated 6/9/23
Photo entitled “Cold Spring Harbor: Rising 2022” by Katheryn Laible
I remember the wisest, sweetest, most incredible woman I know saying, “People pray for power. It is better that they will Love, for Love is the greatest power of All.”
I pray: May I remember her teachings well. May I understand them at least enough. May we together channel more than ourselves; manifest Love and Light.
Pray for Love. Pray for Truth. Truth and Love in equal measure
For as many before and after have somehow said, “Truth without Love is brutal, and Love without Truth is false.”
This has long made sense to me.
I am still learning that it takes a third leg: Faith. To make a sturdy table, we need Faith.
Faith, Faith, Faith
…to cast away fear, have faith…
“Nothing boils in lukewarm water,” she says…Remember to command, to commune, to comfort; to will
harmony in thy multifaceted being
…Truth, Love, Faith…
Faith in the Greater. Faith in each other. Faith that as we will it already is. Faith that this Flame I feel deep within is far from mine alone. Faith that you feel This, too.
Humble before God, equal before man, recognizing the God within and the human as well, each manifesting in its own way. May we will and channel Strength with Dexterity, Grace and Mercy. Open to the Greater Good without and within, in places that we do not know.
She reminds me, “There is no saint without a past and no sinner without a future” … “He loves you not for what you are but for what you are becoming.”
“Ho’oponopono. Ho’oponopono. Ho’oponopono,” I hear other voices say. She speaks to me of Lady Quan Yin.
They remind me to start on a path to Forgiveness, to Uplift, to Enlightenment with myself; to be grateful for every blessing and each accomplishment no matter how small,
For the smallest is the greatest. For so little do we know, For we all know a little.
May we appreciate all that is Good, Humble and Grateful to be so blessed. She advises Joyful Anticipation.
Discerning and Healing. Flexible and Strong. Reconciling.
Overcoming.
Divine.
Calling all who Will to Transmute the lesser, To Receive, Accelerate and Amplify the Greater. Manifest Love. Be the Light. Keep the Faith.
This indigenous wise-woman who communes with All reminds me of St. Francis’ Prayer. “Let me be an Instrument of Thy Peace.”
Faithfully. Humbly. Gratefully. Evermore.
This I Pray. Namaste. Amem.
This piece was updated 3/26/23
Known now as a symbol of Christmas, the Druids regarded holly as a symbol of fertility and eternal life, and thought it to have magical powers. The Romans associated it with Saturn…agriculture, fertility and the harvest. Although the berries are poisonous, it’s been used as a healing plant by Indigenous Americans, who made a tea of it as a heart stimulant.
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As the founder of LI’s premier Smart Growth organization Vision Long Island, a champion of the endeavor to advance John and Alice Coltrane’s legacies, Ron Stein has a tremendous knack for getting great things started.
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