No spectators allowed

Don't just learn, experience.

Don't just read, absorb.

Don't just change, transform.

Don't just relate, advocate.

Don't just promise, prove.

Don't just criticize, encourage.

Don't just think, ponder.

Don't just take, give.

Don't just see, feel.

Don’t just dream, do.

Don't just hear, listen.

Don't just talk, act.

Don't just tell, show.

Don't just exist, live.”

              Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

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It is easy to go through life, just going through the motions

Being a human doing, and not a human being

We often are the “hit and run drivers” of the universe

Careening throughout day

Without engaging

We are not touched

By the sky

The sunrise

By the person in front of us

We are observers of life

Detached

A half a step outside

The world

Perhaps

If we want to transform the world

(I certainly do)

We cannot be spectators

Yes, life is messy

Situations and relationships

Are messy

But I suspect that just as the Sacred is woven into the mess

(think incarnation if you will)

We are to be participate in the mess

We cannot run away from our garbage

We cannot run away from other people's junk.

People are dealing with pain, hurt, and difficulty all around us.

We cannot touch this pain from a distance

We cannot love from a distance.

We must get our hands

And our hearts

Dirty

And listen, even when it’s hard

See, when we don’t want to

Feel, even when it hurts

There is love

To be done