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Broken Pickets

MAY 31, 2010

_What do you do…_
_when someone kicks in your fence???_
_Do you replace the pickets immediately_
_so that no one knows how vulnerable you really are???_
_Do you hire armed guards_
_to protect what is yours,_
_this postage stamp on the earth_
_so no oil spills,_
_nor killing of animals or humans,_
_born or unborn,_
_fighting war, after war, after war, after war_
_where no poisonous sounds like leaf blowers or pesticide,_
_nor gmo’s,_
_cross over into your space,_
_separate from everyone else’s???_
_Do you run surveillance cameras_
_so you can voyeur_
_into the lives of everyone who passes by???_
_And catch the culprit_
_making them a spectacle for all the world_
_to see on how not to act???_
_On how not to destroy_
_what is precious to someone else???_
_What do you do with us humans…_
_who never seem to learn…_
_who erase one person’s ease in the blink of a kick…_

_Glue,_
_Clamps,_
_Imagination,_
_Perseverance,_
_Faith,_
_Willingness,_
_Prayers,_
_Hope,_
_Compassion and_
_Owning the hatred_
_and Destruction that lives in the dark folds of your own heart…_
_There…_
_in the between place,_
_where the light_
_shines all the brighter in this dense darkness,_
_the world turns,_
_and from that splintered break,_
_I seek the ability to dance_
_with it all…_

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The Retiring of a Labyrinth

By Lea Goode-Harris • 05 Aug, 2023

Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Making A Three Circuit Labyrinth

By Lea Goode-Harris • 05 Aug, 2023

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!