Be Generous

Reading from Tuesday and Wednesday, October 1 and 2, 2013 yoga classes

Maybe I should read the following to Congress.   The following appeared in the book "Life is a verb" by Patti Digh at the beginning of the chapter entitled:   Inclusion: Be Generous

i
you
us
them
those people
wouldn't it be lovely
if one could
live
in a constant state
of we?
some of the most
commonplace
words
can be some of the biggest
dividers
they
what if there was
no they?
what if there
was only
us?
if words could be seen
as they floated out
of our mouths
would we feel no
shame
as they passed beyond
our lips?
if we were to string
our words
on a communal clothesline
would we feel proud
as our thoughts
flapped in the
breeze?

Marilyn Maciel, "clothesline"