(Written in September 2006)
Dear Guides & Guardian Spirits, I’m feeling pretty discouraged. The whole political / environmental mess is so overwhelming, and it looks like all attempts to fight it — on many fronts — are unavailing because they have the power. Please help me.
Dear Jenny, there is a tremendous ground swell of change that isn’t really visible yet. Patience. Let go of the need to see outer results and keep doing what you are doing. Just teaching circle dance makes a difference. Just working to heal your own psyche makes a difference. Just dancing “Grandmother Dances” with Kayla and Iona makes a difference. Let your weary heart rest on the Ocean of Compassion. Remember the algae that rebalanced the living machine. You are part of a great group of people, living and dead, who are working to move the Earth through the Great Turning. Never fear, you too are part of the circle.
The algae that rebalanced the living machine can be found at the end of Circle of Hope.
“The Great Turning” is Joanna Macy’s term for the huge shift we are undergoing at this time.