OBSESSION WITH SELF

Howard McQueen (C) 2011

Survival of self, at any costs

does not make for a noble beast,

nor a heart-felt community,

nor a vital village.

There is this Darwinian, strangle-hold grip we use to ensure the survival of our identity.

It may just be what is holding you and me in our self-imposed sense of separation.

The more we try to protect and defend our identity,

the more intractable and mired we become in the quicksand of "just needing to survive".

Let our practice becomes one measured by our contributions to a larger container,

one inclusive and supportive of peace, solidarity and unity.

May we learn to keep the faith in values greater that personal identity.

We are now the keepers of the Dream.