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“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”

― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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Today I watched the world burning

I watched as greed men abused the earth, and lusted for more

I watched as men and women in leadership, tacitly approved torture

I watched our “leader” lie and lie and lie again

And assail the rule of law

I watch congress remain silent while the checks and balances that have kept our country safe

Were eroded

I watched a modern day Pharisee (Franklin Graham) judged and demean and play God

Suggesting that only he, and those who violate the spirit of Jesus’ teachings every day

Are the keepers of the Kingdom

I watched our country reaffirm its commitment to violence as a way of life

And listened to people choose guns over children

I heard hate, and saw hate

I heard greed and saw greed

I heard arrogance and saw arrogance

I heard judgement and saw exclusion

I heard racism and saw functional genocide

Ah what a world we live in

So full of evil and dysfunction

And I, I too

I am in the mix, with my own stuff

My own hate

My own desire that God judge and punish

That someone (who shall not be named) just die

Mea Culpa

Mea Maxima Culpa

Kyrie Eleison

On me

On those I love

Yes, O Sacred One

Even on those whom, today, I wished were gone

I think it is time

To dwell on the beauty of life

To run with the stars

And to remember God’s love

And God’s power

And what can happen

When power and love come together