My Work

A COMMITMENT

 

My Work in a deeply polarized country:

 

~ to understand

~ to listen & learn

~ to find common ground

~ to value our diversity

~ to seek & give tolerance & compassion

~ to choose gratitude over fear

~ to stand up for justice & transparent truth

 

This is my work and my life in a deeply divided polarized country,

full of challenge and possibility.

 

         Pacific coast, November 7, 2020

 

All Saints Day Blessing for a Leader

 

~ for the coming time of change, concern, hope ~ 

from “Bless the Space Between Us” of Irish poet-priest

John O’Donohue

 

“FOR THE ONE WHO HOLDS POWER”

“May the gift of leadership

Awaken in you as a vocation,

Keep you mindful of the providence that

Calls you to serve.

In your heart, may there be a sanctuary

For the stillness where

Clarity is born.

May integrity of soul

Be your first ideal –

The source that will guide and bless your work.”