ONENESS

"For mysteriously and powerfully,

when I look deep enough into you,

I find me, and when you dare to hear my fear

in the recess of your heart, you recognize it as your secret

that you thought no one else knew.

And in that unexpected wholeness that is more than each of us,

but common to all -

that moment of unity is the atom of God.

Mark Nepo : The book of Awakening

I noticed something very unique when we spent several days
at Mayo Clinic when my Mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The hospital there was huge, and filled with patients with very serious illnesses.
I noticed a quiet connection among the hundreds of people who walked 
those hallways, ate in area restaurants, slept in  local boarding rooms ...
a quiet reverence and unspoken respect. 
It was if we all knew that we were there experiencing deep trauma
and needed to be in a loving gentle space ~ and that everyone 
respected that in the others, and provided it through their 
common quiet connection, reverence perhaps.

We are all one  ... we can approach one another with reverence and respect, 
tenderness and kindness.  
We do not have to be at Mayo Hospital to realize this need.

It is said ...
BE KIND, FOR EVERYONE YOU MEET IS FIGHTING A GREAT BATTLE.

It is a softening of humanity,
Cate