Howard Thurman, a famous theologian and mystic, talked about how important it was to think about the legacy we will leave for future generations. Which for me, in times like this is hard. I’m often caught up in surviving day to day. This seems enough. Nonetheless, for the past few days I have been meditating on what I will learn, change, keep, over the course of this challenging time. This musing is a part of legacy, it is a part of growing into a new understanding of life. We all have had to do this before even if it was to this scale of change and growth.

Releasing the separate one
is a difficult knot.
Finding yourself is something
only you can do.
Imagine yourself coming back
ten years from today
Through time, to help you
where you must now be.

-Jim Cohn

We can find ourselves every day. We can help ourselves and each other as we move through time.

We have the imagination to envision our legacy. It is in the everyday steps that we are already taking. We have help and support, we have our own tribe to encourage us and keep us focused.

But focused on what? Finding what?

I hope what you find is what Howard Thurman found. Common Ground. A Loving and Compassionate universe. This is what I look for every day. It is not hard to find, or hard to start. It can be paying for coffee for the person behind you in a line. It can be a knowing smile instead of a quick rebuke. Our Beloved Community is ours to make, it is our legacy. This can be what we leave for everyone’s future.

– Rev. Kimberly Wootan