We are all connected.

The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life,

and that in turn another,

until who knows where the trembling stops

or in what far place my touch will be felt.

Frederick Buechner

For me, the unavoidable truth is this.

Our lives are all interconnected.

We do not live in a vacuum.

Our words, both spoken and unspoken, have power.

Our actions, or our inaction, have power.

The things we think, say, and do, impact everything around us.

Today, I choose to walk softly.

Today, I choose to speak gently.

I will drink fair trade coffee and conserve water.

These are simple things and yet, as Buechner says, who knows in what far off place my touch, my words, my choices might be felt by another?

This encourages me...

to do even more,

to be even kinder,

to love even better.

And I will trust that the ripples from my own, humble life

will generate similar ripples

and together,

we,

will create eternal symphonies of love in this universe of life and light.