Thank you Satish Kumar

A new boost of motivation was injected into me at Sunrise festival this year when I attended a talk by Satish Kumar. A group of people formed in a small tent at the top of the festival site: all there to listen to one man speak. Intriguing I thought. I perched on the outskirts of the group and listened in to this small and slightly weathered Indian man talk. His eyes moved across the crowd and sent waves of electricity through all of us. Lightening! Though his speech was calm, his message was strong. He repeated a saying that I love very much, "Be the change you want to see in the world" which he then followed on with his own inspiring words to encourage anyone and everyone to contribute their efforts to live more compassionately with our brothers, sisters and planet. 

Since then, I felt an urge in myself to write some words down the line of a page...

And who am I

to sit and weep

while you alone

No home to sleep?

Who am I

to want for more

when your only hope

is to not be poor

To live your life

as free (?) as I do

The girl who is

juxtaposed to you.

Who am I

to dare to see

myself as individuality.

You are me

And I am you

Our lives are weaved, tangled.

It is true.

We make one

We all do.

The beauty and the magic

The pain. It is tragic.

This moment shared

Is special and raw.

No other moment

like this

has been before.

Now is the second

that we realise

that compassion

and love

will open our eyes

to opportunities

and chances

that show us what's real:

Take this moment to

burst open the seal.

You are not solo

Not alone

Not one

You are forever

Forever is your son.

It is time we see

that he is me

and she is he

and I am me.

The capacity

to be

entirely free.

my mother

my brothers

my father

my lover

my friends in Africa, India, Belize.

We are not alone in our struggle to survive

The choices we make while we're alive

Are important and impact ALL of us!

So take it slow

Love

Embrace

Next time you buy chocolate

buy fair trade

Value our unique Human Race.

Adapt just a little

(Not too much)

Think of the hearts

That you can touch.

Who am I?

This English girl?

I am the fountain of life

I'm the world

I am within

I grow on your skin.

I am the DNA that has built us to win

to sin

to fall in.

“Be the change you want to see in the world”

Give this a watch if you have a moment, I think you will enjoy. He seems a very content man.