words to carry us

as we walk together

Dear Readers,

Here is my hand, it's on my heart:

How are you?

I haven't been able to write because I haven't yet been able to find peace in the storm—the collective storm, as well as personal.

Rather than keep you waiting on words from me, I want to amplify the wise words from one of my greatest teachers, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, the author of Women Who Run With The Wolves. 

She shared these on her Facebook page on the day of the US Presidential election: 

My Dear Brave Souls: I have been down in the mines with a pick-axe and a rattling metal bin, for long and long, working to bring meaningful actions and relentless endeavors into light of day -- that I hope will find their ways to good and better for us... in many ways across the world. More on this very soon from my heart to your heart.

Tonight I wanted to take your dear manitas, your dear hands, and say Hold to your peace. Keep to your Calm, Bright Heart: let no one and nothing stand between you and your constant Sun of Greater. 

Let no person or thing darken your Light, your inextinguishable Love for so much, your dedication to personal decency, and your actions and prayers toward true freedom for our clans, our tribes, for our worlds.

This is a night of prayer and action, not politics nor ennui. This is a night to be together and to radically remember: that the word Aymen, Amen, means "Let it be," "That it be made so," "That our supplication, honorable commands be made manifest", "May it be so."

For this -not end- but evolution, listen to this song, time out of mind, praising and asking to be walked with in a beatific Peace no matter what rages, stages, courages we are going through. 

Just to gently say to you ::: Listen to me: As I peer between the worlds, I see ::: It all has already been decided. 

Be at Peace, and rejoice in your efforts. The road forward is not smooth even so, but there is no turning back. We are. Together. 

And we are about to cross into a new World never before seen on Earth. We are first holy witnesses to a huge turning of an old worn-down page to a new one as yet unwritten upon-- but with a robust 'table of contents' already in place, waiting to be filled in chapter by chapter-- as we go forward. Together. Let it be...Let it be. 

This comes with all the love I have in this old body that has loved so many, so deep and long... This comes with all the squinty-eyed vision of an elder, and most of all, this comes with gentle hand on your shoulder saying Much of what has been so sorely wanted, will now come into better being. 

We have not stood down. Rather, we have stood up as each of us has been called. We are. Together. Don’t forget you dear rare soul: We may be tired, ragged, but this is the time to re-provision our best bones and to sing over them with brio—and go forward. Together.

No lack of love, 

dr. e. 

I will appreciate and accept here comments in the prayerful spirit of this small chapel by the roadside that we have kept on this fb page together for sixteen years to date... Though we may all be on different paths, we are all walking along together. Verdad y verdad. Truly and truly.

Lyrics to Let It Be

When I find myself in times of trouble,  Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, be

And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me
Shinin' until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

And let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.