As we approach this national holiday to celebrate “Independence Day,” I’ve been praying with my heart’s longing for our nation to rename it “Inter-dependence Day.” What would the world look like if we really stepped more deeply through our independence to a world-wide, collective consciousness that held “inter-dependence” as one of its highest values? How would such conscious attentiveness awaken a world-wide spirit of gratitude, generosity, inclusivity, acceptance, compassion … love?
Just today, I opened Kosmos Journal, a favorite spiritual read, to find the sentiment of my prayer reflected in this video-poem, “Storm.” (See https://www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/storm/.) Together, may we listen to the pulsating life at the heart of Earth and “begin again in courage and in love … this is the time for vision.”
—Ann Jackson, PBVM, Prairiewoods spiritual services coordinator