&nbsp;
Marge Piercy
To Be of Use

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
They seem to become natives of that element,
the black sleek heads of seals
bouncing like half-submerged balls.
I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,
who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience,
who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward,
who do what has to be done, again and again.
I want to be with people who submerge
in the task, who go into the fields to harvest
and work in a row and pass the bags along,
who are not parlor generals and field deserters
but move in a common rhythm
when the food must come in or the fire be put out.
The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
Greek amphoras for wine or oil,
Hopi vases that held corn, are put in museums
but you know they were made to be used.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;em&gt;Marge Piercy
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To Be of Use&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8212;&amp;#8212;&amp;#8212;&amp;#8212;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
They seem to become natives of that element,
the black sleek heads of seals
bouncing like half-submerged balls.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,
who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience,
who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward,
who do what has to be done, again and again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I want to be with people who submerge
in the task, who go into the fields to harvest
and work in a row and pass the bags along,
who are not parlor generals and field deserters
but move in a common rhythm
when the food must come in or the fire be put out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
Greek amphoras for wine or oil,
Hopi vases that held corn, are put in museums
but you know they were made to be used.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

&nbsp;
Marge Piercy
To Be of Use

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
They seem to become natives of that element,
the blac

&nbsp;
Marge Piercy
To Be of Use

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
They seem to become natives of that element,
the black sleek heads of seals
bouncing like half-submerged balls.
I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,
who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience,
who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward,
who do what has to be done, again and again.
I want to be with people who submerge
in the task, who go into the fields to harvest
and work in a row and pass the bags along,
who are not parlor generals and field deserters
but move in a common rhythm
when the food must come in or the fire be put out.
The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
Greek amphoras for wine or oil,
Hopi vases that held corn, are put in museums
but you know they were made to be used.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.

To Be of Use

&nbsp;
Mary Oliver
When Death Comes
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;
when death comes
like the measle-pox
when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,
I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:
what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?
And therefore I look upon everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility,
and I think of each life as a flower, as common
as a field daisy, and as singular,
and each name a comfortable music in the mouth,
tending, as all music does, toward silence,
and each body a lion of courage, and something
precious to the earth.
When it&#8217;s over, I want to say all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it&#8217;s over, I don&#8217;t want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don&#8217;t want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don&#8217;t want to end up simply having visited this world

<description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;em&gt;Mary Oliver&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;When Death Comes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8212;&amp;#8212;&amp;#8212;&amp;#8212;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;
when death comes
like the measle-pox&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:
what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And therefore I look upon everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and I think of each life as a flower, as common
as a field daisy, and as singular,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and each name a comfortable music in the mouth,
tending, as all music does, toward silence,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and each body a lion of courage, and something
precious to the earth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When it&amp;#8217;s over, I want to say all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When it&amp;#8217;s over, I don&amp;#8217;t want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t want to end up simply having visited this world&lt;/p&gt;</description>

&nbsp;
Mary Oliver
When Death Comes
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;
when death comes
like the measle-pox
whe

&nbsp;
Mary Oliver
When Death Comes
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;
when death comes
like the measle-pox
when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,
I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:
what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?
And therefore I look upon everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility,
and I think of each life as a flower, as common
as a field daisy, and as singular,
and each name a comfortable music in the mouth,
tending, as all music does, toward silence,
and each body a lion of courage, and something
precious to the earth.
When it&#8217;s over, I want to say all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it&#8217;s over, I don&#8217;t want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don&#8217;t want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don&#8217;t want to end up simply having visited this world

When Death Comes

Lockdown
by  Richard Hendrick
Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
The sky is no longer thick with fumes
But blue and grey and clear.
They say that in the streets of Assisi
People are singing to each other
across the empty squares,
keeping their windows open
so that those who are alone
may hear the sounds of family around them.
They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland
Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.
Today a young woman I know
is busy spreading fliers with her number
through the neighbourhood
So that the elders may have someone to call on.
Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples
are preparing to welcome
and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary
All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting
All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way
All over the world people are waking up to a new reality
To how big we really are.
To how little control we really have.
To what really matters.
To Love.
So we pray and we remember that
Yes there is fear.
But there does not have to be hate.
Yes there is isolation.
But there does not have to be loneliness.
Yes there is panic buying.
But there does not have to be meanness.
Yes there is sickness.
But there does not have to be disease of the soul
Yes there is even death.
But there can always be a rebirth of love.
Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.
Today, breathe.
Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic
The birds are singing again
The sky is clearing,
Spring is coming,
And we are always encompassed by Love.
Open the windows of your soul
And though you may not be able
to touch across the empty square,
Sing

<description>&lt;p&gt;Lockdown
by  Richard Hendrick&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes there is fear.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes there is isolation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes there is panic buying.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes there is sickness.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes there is even death.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can hear the birds again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They say that after just a few weeks of quiet&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The sky is no longer thick with fumes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But blue and grey and clear.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They say that in the streets of Assisi&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;People are singing to each other&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;across the empty squares,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;keeping their windows open&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so that those who are alone&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;may hear the sounds of family around them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today a young woman I know&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;is busy spreading fliers with her number&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;through the neighbourhood&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So that the elders may have someone to call on.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;are preparing to welcome&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All over the world people are waking up to a new reality&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To how big we really are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To how little control we really have.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To what really matters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To Love.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So we pray and we remember that&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes there is fear.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But there does not have to be hate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes there is isolation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But there does not have to be loneliness.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes there is panic buying.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But there does not have to be meanness.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes there is sickness.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But there does not have to be disease of the soul&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes there is even death.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But there can always be a rebirth of love.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today, breathe.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The birds are singing again&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The sky is clearing,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Spring is coming,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And we are always encompassed by Love.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Open the windows of your soul&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And though you may not be able&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;to touch across the empty square,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sing&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Lockdown
by  Richard Hendrick
Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after

Lockdown
by  Richard Hendrick
Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
The sky is no longer thick with fumes
But blue and grey and clear.
They say that in the streets of Assisi
People are singing to each other
across the empty squares,
keeping their windows open
so that those who are alone
may hear the sounds of family around them.
They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland
Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.
Today a young woman I know
is busy spreading fliers with her number
through the neighbourhood
So that the elders may have someone to call on.
Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples
are preparing to welcome
and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary
All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting
All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way
All over the world people are waking up to a new reality
To how big we really are.
To how little control we really have.
To what really matters.
To Love.
So we pray and we remember that
Yes there is fear.
But there does not have to be hate.
Yes there is isolation.
But there does not have to be loneliness.
Yes there is panic buying.
But there does not have to be meanness.
Yes there is sickness.
But there does not have to be disease of the soul
Yes there is even death.
But there can always be a rebirth of love.
Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.
Today, breathe.
Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic
The birds are singing again
The sky is clearing,
Spring is coming,
And we are always encompassed by Love.
Open the windows of your soul
And though you may not be able
to touch across the empty square,
Sing

Lockdown

A poem by Lynn Ungar
Pandemic



What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath—
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. Touch only those
to whom you commit your life.
Center down.
And when your body has become still,
reach out with your heart.
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
(You could hardly deny it now.)
Know that our lives
are in one another’s hands.
(Surely, that has come clear.)
Do not reach out your hands.
Reach out your heart.
Reach out your words.
Reach out all the tendrils
of compassion that move, invisibly,
where we cannot touch.
Promise this world your love–
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
so long as we all shall live.
–Lynn Ungar 3/11/20

<description>&lt;p&gt;A poem by Lynn Ungar&lt;/p&gt;
Pandemic



&lt;p&gt;What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath—
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. Touch only those
to whom you commit your life.
Center down.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And when your body has become still,
reach out with your heart.
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
(You could hardly deny it now.)
Know that our lives
are in one another’s hands.
(Surely, that has come clear.)
Do not reach out your hands.
Reach out your heart.
Reach out your words.
Reach out all the tendrils
of compassion that move, invisibly,
where we cannot touch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Promise this world your love–
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
so long as we all shall live.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;–Lynn Ungar 3/11/20&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A poem by Lynn Ungar
Pandemic



What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath—
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. 

A poem by Lynn Ungar
Pandemic



What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath—
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. Touch only those
to whom you commit your life.
Center down.
And when your body has become still,
reach out with your heart.
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
(You could hardly deny it now.)
Know that our lives
are in one another’s hands.
(Surely, that has come clear.)
Do not reach out your hands.
Reach out your heart.
Reach out your words.
Reach out all the tendrils
of compassion that move, invisibly,
where we cannot touch.
Promise this world your love–
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
so long as we all shall live.
–Lynn Ungar 3/11/20

Pandemic

I know peace in the present.
The eternal presence of True Nature surrounds and imbues my consciousness with peace and presence.  I focus my awareness on this Truth. This present moment is where my awareness lives and where I know the Universe as my everpresent Source of love, wisdom, and peace.
This present moment is like the dawn,  and it brings with it light and truth and peace and beauty, and joy. There is a peace is this moment that fills my soul with the sense of eternity, of time without end.
I know that right now there is nothing I need to do or say or be differently than I am right here right now. And this world, this Universe, this present moment is enough just as it is.
In quiet gratitude, I accept all of life as a gift. In truth, my world is overflowing with goodness, grace, beauty, truth and love. I am grateful for everything. And I forgive anything I need to forgive and embrace everything I need to embrace.
I embrace this moment. I embrace love. I embrace truth. I release my word to the law of life and know that these words are already true. And so it is.

<description>&lt;p&gt;I know peace in the present.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The eternal presence of True Nature surrounds and imbues my consciousness with peace and presence.  I focus my awareness on this Truth. This present moment is where my awareness lives and where I know the Universe as my everpresent Source of love, wisdom, and peace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This present moment is like the dawn,  and it brings with it light and truth and peace and beauty, and joy. There is a peace is this moment that fills my soul with the sense of eternity, of time without end.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know that right now there is nothing I need to do or say or be differently than I am right here right now. And this world, this Universe, this present moment is enough just as it is.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In quiet gratitude, I accept all of life as a gift. In truth, my world is overflowing with goodness, grace, beauty, truth and love. I am grateful for everything. And I forgive anything I need to forgive and embrace everything I need to embrace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I embrace this moment. I embrace love. I embrace truth. I release my word to the law of life and know that these words are already true. And so it is.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

I know peace in the present.
The eternal presence of True Nature surrounds and imbues my consciousness with peace and presence.  I focus my awareness on this Truth. This present moment is where my awareness lives and where I know the Universe as my everp

I know peace in the present.
The eternal presence of True Nature surrounds and imbues my consciousness with peace and presence.  I focus my awareness on this Truth. This present moment is where my awareness lives and where I know the Universe as my everpresent Source of love, wisdom, and peace.
This present moment is like the dawn,  and it brings with it light and truth and peace and beauty, and joy. There is a peace is this moment that fills my soul with the sense of eternity, of time without end.
I know that right now there is nothing I need to do or say or be differently than I am right here right now. And this world, this Universe, this present moment is enough just as it is.
In quiet gratitude, I accept all of life as a gift. In truth, my world is overflowing with goodness, grace, beauty, truth and love. I am grateful for everything. And I forgive anything I need to forgive and embrace everything I need to embrace.
I embrace this moment. I embrace love. I embrace truth. I release my word to the law of life and know that these words are already true. And so it is.

Breathe

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Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, you'll get a dose of inspiration in the form of an affirmative prayer by Jane Roberts, covering a variety of themes such as oneness, gratitude, abundance, creativity, love, and more.

The purpose of these affirmative prayers is not to get something or to make something outside ourselves happen.  And it’s not about asking for things or praying to a power in the sky, Instead, it’s about raising our consciousness, our vibrational energy and our receptivity to all that is. At a core level, it’s about raising our levels of awareness.

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