I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred,

but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery,

as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.

~Diane Ackerman

can I remember this in times of trouble?

inquiry for today~ what holds you in these times?

never a final goodbye….

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves,

more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others.

And the more peace there is in us,

the more peace there will also be in our troubled world.

~Etty Hillesum