Positivity, Endurance, Poetry, and Prophesy

27 Oct Positivity, Endurance, Poetry, and Prophesy

27 October 2020

By David Allen, Development for Conservation

Last week, I ended my post with the words: We are the ones we have been waiting for.

They weren’t original.

They are from a poem that had been passed to me through enough hands that I needed further research before attribution.

So get this: they are from a “prophesy” delivered by the Elders of the Hopi Nation Oraibi, and they were written in 2000. The prophesy served as the central theme of a book by Margaret Wheatley named Endurance which is how it came to me.

And now I commend the poem/prophesy to you. (I suggest reading it out loud.) Because it feels like it could have been written in 2020. Or at least for 2020.

Here is a river flowing

It is so great and swift that

there are those who will be afraid,

who will try to hold on to the shore.

They are being torn apart

and will suffer greatly.

Know the river has its destination.

The elders say we must

let go of the shore,

push off into the middle of the river and keep our heads above water.

 

And I say see who is there with you and celebrate.

At this time in history,

we are to take nothing personally,

least of all ourselves.

For the moment that we do,

our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.

The time of the lone wolf is over.

Gather yourselves.

Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary.

All that we do now must be done

in a sacred manner

and in celebration.

For we are the ones

we have been waiting for.

I’m told that the eye of the storm is quite calm. That’s the way this week feels to me right now. And into this relative calm come questions from the prophesy:

• What “shores” am I clinging to?
• How can I keep my head above water?
• Celebrate?

Here’s what I know.

As I push off into the middle of the river,

As I work to keep my head above water,

I look around to see who is there with me.

And I see

You.

For we are the ones we have been waiting for.

Make a Plan to Vote.

And stay safe and stay well,

-da

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