Mom On the Alert

Let us be fierce in our Love.

In the days following the election last November,
a great rage grew within my heart.
I became furious.

I could see the anger.
Red. Molten.
Powerful beyond measure.

It was eerily beautiful.
Horribly Wondrous.
Frightening beyond measure.

I was afraid of it.
For the first time in my life,
I could see myself as Destroyer.

Who was this woman
who could burn the world with her rage?
She was not the person I had planned to be.

I secluded myself,
afraid of the fire within.
I didn't trust myself.

If I looked in the mirror, who would I see?
Certainly not the nurturer, the peacemaker.
Could this be a loving mother?

After a period of time,
when I thought I might trust myself again.
I ventured out of my seclusion,
and distracted myself with the busyness of the holidays.

Since then, I've been halfheartedly going about my days.
My enthusiasm for life diminished.
My hopefulness reduced.

I've gone through the motions.
And, pretended.
But part of me felt empty.

I blamed my mood on the weather.
I blamed it on my ailing body.
I felt vulnerable.

But mostly, I feared.
I feared for the children.
I feared for my country.
I feared for our world.

I was appalled by what this government is doing our name.
I was appalled that so many of my fellow citizens went along with it. Willing to destroy our beautiful earth in the name of profit. Willing to risk our children's heritage in the belief that this is the 'End of days."

I am even more appalled now.
I am still angry.
Angry at those who so righteously preach hate,
in the name of God.

And I want to ask; What God do you worship?
Did it ever occur to you that you are the ones who are following evil? Aren't you getting signals from your heart that something is very wrong?

How can you follow a leader who claims
to follow the Path of Love, but is so unloving?
How can you see such separation between "us" and "them"?

Don't you know that God is present in all?
Whatever path each may walk.
Don't you know that we can not be cut from one another.

Now is the time for us to face our fears.
Now is the time for strength.
Now is the time for the fierceness of our Love

Let us be the protectors of our children.
All of our children. Wherever they may live in this world.
Let us all stand forth in our love.

Please take the time to view the video of Marianne Williamson's Keynote speech made at the Washington National Cathedral on February 19, 2005. Look to your right on her website.

I understand my feelings a bit more now.
Thanks, Glorianne, for sending this on to me.

Posted by Judi at March 13, 2005 8:54 PM | TrackBack