Wiping the Board Clean
Even as I protest, I believe Light and Love are more powerful and contagious than their opposites
“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Proverb attributed to John Wesley, principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England
Within my mind, I see the world written upon an old-time chalkboard. How do I erase what I see lurking like a Wizard behind the great and powerful blackness of the board, flying monkeys dragging their orange nails across it, poppy-scented clouds swelling, releasing lightning storms of hyperbole, hypocrisy, lies, blame, and inconceivable, unconscionable cruelty – how? How? How to keep hatred’s hands off me? Perhaps it is as simple as finding a place to start. Then soaking my wrung-out heart with hope and wiping the board clean – taking care never to be too abrasive or overreaching. Buoyed by the discovery that, indeed, cleanliness is next to godliness. Especially when the chalk, marker, or challenge appears impervious to removal.
Written on the morning of Indivisible’s nationwide protest “Hands Off.”
Thank you,
and , for the home for my ‘protest’ at Scribe. Thank you, dearest readers (and fellow marchers).Also please feel free to check out my new prose Substack, A Septuagenarian Sings.
Beautiful, Jeni. It is no easy task to hold love, which excludes none, standing in a maelstrom of fear and discontent. Have you seen the movie, The Man Facing South East? A very profound film set in an asylum. The main character, a Christ-like figure, who claims to be a hologram sent by the Creator, begins to protest the conditions after losing his connection. Before that he would only tend to those suffering and bringing beauty. My wife attended while I worked. She said the gathering here in Monterey was overall a positive experience. How was it for you?
May our voices be heard