We can choose where our attention goes…

Why Not?

What if we got our breaking news
from morning dream circles
with 10 of our closest neighbors?
Around a fire, say, with eyes and hearts
attuned to the unguarded loveliness
that spills from 10 sets of shining eyes,

each beating heart a constellation
of hope and worry
pouring forth in the one true language
for peace and possibility

that thrives
even now—
in you
and in the majority?

Or what if we
lay our bodies down
in the rain-soaked grass
an ear pressed into the mud
listening hard to the worms

as they teach their children
how to take in whatever is before them
and allow it to pass through
leaving everything richer than before?

I’ve grown weary of hearing about all the reasons why we should all be in a constant state of despair. Yes, we humans are a very troubled and challenged lot and we get ourselves in all kinds of miserable circumstances. There are plenty who expound on that. I want to give more of my attention to the light I see in so many hearts, the good work of so many hands. There are little pockets of glow everywhere!

-Melinda Coppola

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