July 4, 2024

When we embrace the ancient ways
of being in right relationship
with the earth, the sacred, and community…

On this day for more than 200 years, we have celebrated the birth of our democratic nation and the founding declaration that all men are created equal and are endowed with certain unalienable rights. Now, on this day, so many of us are reeling at the unthinkable prospect of losing our democracy. Forever. 

It’s a horror story spreading like a wild fire of fear through our collective consciousness.

Roosevelt said the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Fear hijacks our ability to use our creative genius and energies to craft and manifest a different story. A story like the one Abraham Lincoln shared at the Gettysburg Address, that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. A story that carries the power and resolve of who we are and what can be possible. 

On this day, we need stories of strength and hope. On this day, may we step beyond our fear to find and live those stories of being in right relationship in community and country. And may those stories become legend. May they become stories that are celebrated on this day for the next 200 years. 

Beannacht,
Judith