A Prayer for Dreaming of a World Made Whole: Enoughness
Lover of Each and of All, may we pay attention to who is not accessing enough to thrive: enough love, enough acceptance, enough food, enough peace, enough care, enough clean air or water, enough connection to other beings, enough connection with this earth. May we focus our energies in addressing these problems, on cherishing the children before us, whether we got their gender right at birth or not, whether they love like we do or think like we do or move like we do or perceive the world the ways we do or not. Enoughness is not equivalent to being alike. So why are so many of us acting like we are fundamentally flawed, deeply wanting, will never and can never be enough just because we are different from what is normed, cherished, and defined as better, best, or, enough? Lover of Each and of All, give us courage to meet each day, noticing that we are whole, just as we are, that we have much to learn and much to offer this world, that we belong, just by being here. May we dream of a world in which dignity for each and for all changes our policies and practices, instead of policing schoolroom bookshelves for having texts of affirmation and inclusion, lauding those schoolrooms and bookshelves with their texts of affirmation and inclusion, of their celebration of the many ways to be and still be enough. May we choose to recognize our kinship to one another, and, as kin, learn to be compassionate, learn to accept we live differently and that all that differently can be wonderful and joyful and more than enough for each and for all. Lover of Each and of All, may we dream of a world and then work to create it, where we bring our enoughness into every day and care deeply for each other and this world. Amen.
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