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manifesto

I choose to believe in my body,

in its wisdom primeval,

the DNA of my ancestors

resting in my cells.

I choose to believe in my feelings,

the love and fear and trusted other signals,

the wisdom of my gut and the fluid of my joy.

I choose to believe in my right action,

the fire in my core,

the balanced heat between lazy and striving.

I choose to believe in the power of my planting,

a generous outpouring of seeds on rocky ground

where some will flower.

I choose to believe in my spacious heart,

an uncaged tenderness with room for all I meet.

I choose to believe in the transformative power of my lungs,

breathing in the pain of the world

to breathe out peace and healing.

I choose to believe in the deep resonance,

the joining of my ears and throat,

in listening to the complex music of the journey

and finding courage to sing.

I choose to believe in the empty canvas of my intuition,

the practice of wiping it clean to receive fresh vision.

I choose to trust in the beauty that arises,

the shared offerings that create our most communal meals.

I choose to believe in my divine insignificance,

the star dust that connects us all,

the deep empty underneath.

I choose to trust in the loving abundance

that spins the water wheel of creation.

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