Change is happening. Refinement of practices that harm the environment are occurring, spawning a paradigm of shift.
It is my choice to live in thoughtful measure and full accord with all in the environment.
In terms of daily life, I...
Live as if I wish the Earth to survive.
Eat as if I wish to be healthy.
Act as I wish to be treated.
Thrive as I wish to be alive.
Know that I cannot know, and act as I intuitively feel.
Within these feelings are my seeds of change.
It took a chance encounter with an exotically beautiful young woman named Azure to remind me of the influence and lure of books.
We spoke briefly at a party where, when asked, I mentioned I was a writer. Her intelligent and memorably beautiful face lit up her, until then, somewhat somber brown eyes.
“Have you read Ahab’s Wife?” she asked.
“No, do you recommend it?” I said, wondering what a human rights attorney and I would have in literary common since my pastime reading leaned toward thriller, adventure, mystical, or crime novels.
“It was a book my mother and I both read that told the rather colorful life and adventures of a young woman. The story initiated many discussions about subjects we might never have spoken of,” she said.
“Oh, really,” I said, using my best non sequitur.
“I still remember sitting beside my mom and listening to her reveal feelings about her life that I treasure to this day.”
“That was a rare gift that the book offered.”
“It is one of my fondest memories with her.”
I remembered then that our hostess had spoken of a close friend who’d recently died and that her daughter would be attending the party.