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willowoak ([personal profile] willowoak) wrote2005-01-28 03:04 am

Earth Prayer for the day...

Food is not matterxml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /

but the heart of matter,

the flesh and blood of

rock, and water, earth and sun.

 

Food is not a commodity

which price can capture,

but exacting effort,

carefully sustained,

the life work of countless beings.

 

With this cooking I enter

the heart of matter,

I enter the intimate activity

which makes dreams materialize.

 

     Edward Espe Brown

 

I like that…”food is not matter, but the HEART of matter…”  The stuff that sustains matter.  The image I see is an endless chain of heart(s) sustaining each living thing.  Things to think about. :-) 

 

Of course Ill be going to work soon, where the very sight and proximity of my boss generally makes me want to stick sharp objects in him.  So its not so easy to SUSTAIN the loveliness of this prayer.  But on the plus side today is Friday, Ill be done with work by xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /11AM and then this afternoon Im thinking of playing with my torch and practicing soldering.  And tomorrow I have a jewelry class.  So good stuff is happening too.