September 27, 2024 – A

We trust each other
to be who we say we are.
And to live together in ways
that honor each other's right
to be who we are
within normal, customary, social limits.
We aren't going to trash
each other's boundaries
or mind each other's business.
And we are all going to do our part
to "just get along."

I do so wish this kind of social agreement
extended to all people throughout society.
I don't know why it doesn't.
But, I remain aloof from strangers,
and prefer being withdrawn and "alone"
in public places.
Yet, I hold little back here,
believing in the value of saying what's what
and how it is with me,
and trusting you to distance yourself from me
if I'm appalling and too raw for your comfort zone.

I invite you to take religion into 
your own hands,
and create for yourselves
what you deem to be reasonable
and prudent ideas about your spirituality
and "the invisible world"
that will support you in your life
and in your ability to live 
with balance and harmony
within all circumstances
and each situation as it arises--
standing with our shoulders
above our feet
and able to move in any direction
at any time
in doing what needs to be done,
when, where and how it needs to be done,
and enabling ourselves to bring our best
to meet the moment and what is asked of us there
throughout the time left for living.

Living our of our intrinsic intuition
is our most reliable guide
in determining what needs to be done here, now.
And we grow in our ability to do that
by spending enough of the right kind of time
with emptiness, stillness, silence--
one thing, not three--
in a routine and regular way every day.

May it be well with you in that regard,
now and forever!