Inspiration
Pondering Philippians 2:1-4
Pondering Philippians 2:1-4
berries on bushes
the rabbit and the rosemary leaves still alive in the snow
the beach
the stones
the owls
pay attention to them
we are one
the trees
the flowers
the fish and the pond
the one with dark skin
the one with the big flag on the truck
the one in the box outside
the person you don’t know
don’t like
don’t understand
don’t see
the young person
discovering who
they
are
Closing Reflection 4/10/2025 by Brooke Eaton-Skea
You are not giving up, and neither am I.
They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving. You may need to grieve or scream or take time off, but you have a role no matter what, and right now good friends and good principles are worth gathering in. Remember what you love. Remember what loves you. Remember in this tide of hate what love is. The pain you feel is because of what you love.
A lot of us are going to come under direct attack, and a lot of us are going to resist by building solidarity and sanctuary. Gather up your resources, the metaphysical ones that are heart and soul and care, as well as the practical ones.
People kept the faith in the dictatorships of South America in the 1970s and 1980s, in the East Bloc countries and the USSR, women are protesting right now in Iran and people there are writing poetry. There is no alternative to persevering, and that does not require you to feel good. You can keep walking whether it’s sunny or raining. Take care of yourself and remember that taking care of something else is an important part of taking care of yourself, because you are interwoven with the ten trillion things in this single garment of destiny that has been stained and torn, but is still being woven and mended and washed.
Written by Rebecca Solnit
Pondering Philippians 2:1-4
Pondering Philippians 2:1-4
berries on bushes
the rabbit and the rosemary leaves still alive in the snow
the beach
the stones
the owls
pay attention to them
we are one
the trees
the flowers
the fish and the pond
the one with dark skin
the one with the big flag on the truck
the one in the box outside
the person you don’t know
don’t like
don’t understand
don’t see
the young person
discovering who
they
are
Closing Reflection 4/10/2025 by Brooke Eaton-Skea
You are not giving up, and neither am I.
They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving. You may need to grieve or scream or take time off, but you have a role no matter what, and right now good friends and good principles are worth gathering in. Remember what you love. Remember what loves you. Remember in this tide of hate what love is. The pain you feel is because of what you love.
A lot of us are going to come under direct attack, and a lot of us are going to resist by building solidarity and sanctuary. Gather up your resources, the metaphysical ones that are heart and soul and care, as well as the practical ones.
People kept the faith in the dictatorships of South America in the 1970s and 1980s, in the East Bloc countries and the USSR, women are protesting right now in Iran and people there are writing poetry. There is no alternative to persevering, and that does not require you to feel good. You can keep walking whether it’s sunny or raining. Take care of yourself and remember that taking care of something else is an important part of taking care of yourself, because you are interwoven with the ten trillion things in this single garment of destiny that has been stained and torn, but is still being woven and mended and washed.
Written by Rebecca Solnit