To be truly holy, we must empower the entire world-
with all its colors, people,
plants, and animals.
~ Joan Chittister, OSB
WE MAKE OUR VOWS TOGETHER WITH ALL BEINGS
Eating a sandwich
At work in the woods,
As a doe nibbles buckbrush in snow
Watching each other,
chewing together.
A Bomber from Beale
over the clouds,
Fills the sky with a roar.
She lifts head, listens,
Waits till the sound has gone by.
So do I.
— Gary Snyder
from No Nature, Pantheon Books
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