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A Revolution of Beauty

A Revolution of Beauty

Our bodies are amazing. We only get to experience them for a very short amount of time. We owe it to one another to celebrate the incredible gifts of our bodies, their many shapes, colors, sizes, textures, the way they move, what they create, and how they change from day to day and year to year. Just imagine what this world would be like if we saw and honored the beauty of each person that we meet. And yes, I think every person has beauty, even the ones we find challenging.

We are intimately interconnected with Earth and our more-than-human kin. As we do to ourselves, we also do to Earth and vice versa. We cannot have a thriving Earth if our landscapes do not support life. Therefore, I am calling for a Revolution of Beauty.

Finding Our Wings

Finding Our Wings

There are large paradigms and power structures that need to shift. While things may get a bit messy (okay, they are already messy), we need to keep the focus on the goal. Anyone who has experienced a major life change knows that there is a time period of dissolving. When the world as you knew it breaks apart, turns upside down. This can be disorienting. However, if you can continue through this (or sometimes simply breathe and be), you come to a period of finding your new center. There may be a trial and error period of figuring things out, seeing if they fit, until the center is established. But once, you emerge, you are renewed and grateful and would not want to go back. The metamorphosis of a Butterfly is often used to describe this process. And for good reason. For a caterpillar has to completely dissolve before growing ki’s wings and becoming a Butterfly. And we are in the metamorphosis stage. How lucky are we that we have chosen to be on the Earth at this time?! We get to determine the next stage for humanity.