by Merry Cole
May it be that the day will soon come…
When nobody lives in fear…
When children do not have to hide or go to bed to the sound of bombs dropping or to the silence of an enemy stalking…
When women are not seen as less-than-human possessions for men to take out their lusts and hatred and anger upon, but are truly seen as equal members of all societies, worthy of respect and dignity…
When the color of someone’s skin is less important than the color of their integrity, when their race, or religion, gender or sexual orientation, or ethnicity matter far less than whether they are living lives of love and compassion…
When we all begin to see that those who do not look or act or think like us are not “the other” to be feared, or ridiculed, or annihilated, or controlled, but are merely another face of “us”, the human family…
When we stop trying to gain power over others by our armies or our ideologies, but understand that the greatest power is the power of Love…
When those who have the most riches, the most food, and the most resources feel it is the best thing they can do to share with those who do not have…
When we recognize that God’s deepest desire is for us to share equally in God’s inexhaustible abundance…
When we all ask forgiveness of our Mother Earth for the wounds we have caused her, the callous ways we have abused her resources, the disregard we have had for the ways she sustains our lives with food, water, air, and begin to change our ways while there is still time.
May it be that the day will soon come…
when everyone lives in love…
When we understand that there is no such thing as separation, that we are all part of the same whole, that all human beings, the animals, the plants and trees, and all created things are a manifestation of the same Creator, equally loved and equally holy.
When we understand that no world culture or belief system or religion or government has a corner on the truth, that Divine Truth is too vast a mystery to be contained in anything we human beings can conceive, but that we can each learn bits of Truth from each other and from our own ancient inner Wisdom.
When all our decisions are made and actions taken with the best and highest good of all of creation in mind;
When we truly realize that what we do unto another, we do unto ourselves.
When we know that there is room on this fragile planet for a vast myriad of faces, colors, cultures, worldviews, perspectives, and beliefs, and that each brings a richness to be savored and not a difference to be feared.
When we seek to live according to the Law of Love of our Source, no matter by what name that Source is named: God, Goddess, Buddha, Great Spirit, Divine Mind, Yahweh, Allah, and we begin to change our ways while there is still time.
May it be that the day will soon come…
when the sounds of holy peace will ring out across the globe and across eternity.
Deeply inspired. Touches not only the ears, but the heart and spirit as well. Thank you for saying such beautiful thoughts out loud…all I can say is ‘May it be…’
Terry