“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”
- Mary Oliver
In a time of ever evolving technology and transactional interactions, millions have access to information, platforms and machines that threaten to centralize and homogenize our experiences. Exploring new territory and embracing innovation is both healthy and exciting. What I am thinking about today is not what is changing, but what wants to be preserved.
The sacred daily rituals that make us human.
Planting in the garden.
Shopping at the farmer's market
Meals shared and savored at the table.
A hand-written note.
Ideas, intuition, beauty, art.
The timeless wisdom of the human heart.
The future has always advanced. Progress is inevitable. May we never forget that our humanity is our greatest strength. A sustaining source of nourishment. Our truest expression of empathy and compassion.
It's more relevant than ever to offer our reverence for those rituals and relationships, in whatever form they take, that make for a well-considered life. Hold them closely and tend to them with care.
xAlisa