Be a Lighthouse

“Stop trying to change reality by eliminating complexity.”― David Whyte

“Somewhere in every heart there is a discerning voice.
This voice distrusts the status quo.
It sounds out the falsity in things and encourages dissent from the images things tend to assume.
It underlines the secret crevices where the surface has become strained.
It advises distance and opens up a new perspective through which the concealed meaning of a situation might emerge.
The inner voice makes any complicity uneasy.
Its intention is to keep the heart clean and clear.
This voice is an inner whisper not obvious or known to others outside.
It receives little attention and is not usually highlighted among a person’s qualities.
Yet so much depends on that small voice.
The truth of its whisper marks the line between honor and egoism, kindness and chaos.
In extreme situations, which have been emptied of all shelter and tenderness, that small voice whispers from somewhere beyond and encourages the heart to hold out for dignity, respect, beauty and love.”
– John O’Donohue, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace

Soft whisper
Listen
Tender heart
Gentle soul
Smiling spirit
Be kind
Invite and embrace
Assume that you don’t know
Dive below the surface
Ask and tend
Hold out for dignity, respect, beauty, love
For one and all
Change the world
One small act at a time
Cast light

“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.”― Joanna R. Macy