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World that is my home,
Spirit that matters,
Speak to me in the voices of Ralph Waldo Emerson,
yes, and Florence Nightingale,
But sound as clear in the songs of meadowlark and crickets.
Show yourself in the rage of Susan B. Anthony or William Lloyd Garrison,
yes, but reveal yourself as well in geysers and volcanic fissures.
Shine in the eyes of a Michelangelo or a John Dewey or a Maya Angelou
yes, but blaze as well in a hive of bees or the glint in a black bear’s pupil.
Let Bach proclaim you, and all the wolves arching on their ridges!
Let the Dao Dejing laud your namelessness with poetry sublime,
But let each falling leaf from the maples balance verse for verse.
Let the neck of a Balinese dancer sign your presence;
let the richness of sapote fruit broken open in the sun speak of you.
Let the beaches enrobe you, the cumulus clouds crown you in splendor.
Dance in the splashes of rain in puddles,
Spin in the equations on the geometer’s desk.
Hum in the sleeping dreams of Einstein as well as in his writing.
Bring me down to earth, oh Spirit of Life, my home, my world that matters!
Let humans once again remember their origin from the cool dark humus.
Let mortals once again remember…
we are fragments of a holy whole
which we neither can see nor control by force of will.
Return us all to the humility of the seasons,
of times that flow no matter our mood or prayer or wish,
And by such humility,
grant us peace at last.
Quest for Meaning is a program of the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF).
As a Unitarian Universalist congregation with no geographical boundary, the CLF creates global spiritual community, rooted in profound love, which cultivates wonder, imagination, and the courage to act.