Making This World a Better Place

 Sleeping in the Forest

I thought the earth

remembered me, she

took me back so tenderly, arranging

her dark skirts, her pockets

full of lichens and seeds, I slept

as never before, a stone

on the riverbed, nothing

between me and the white fire of the stars

but my thoughts, and they floated

light as moths among the branches

of the perfect trees.  All night

I heard the small kingdoms breathing

around me, the insects, and the birds

who do their work in the darkness.  All night

I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling

with a luminous doom.  By morning

I had vanished at least a dozen times

into something better.

by Mary Oliver

And in my waking hours I learned to believe

there was healing in the world.

There is the possibility of peace.

The healing of diseases such as cancer and MS.

In my heart I must believe and make the world a better place.

So this weekend I will be walking for MS and supporting my daughter in her healing.

Thanks for making this a better place, dear friends!

Happy weekend!