“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” — Chief Seattle
The World’s Gone Crazy…
… but I’m okay. When the world seems to be going crazy around us it is important to remember that we live in the light, love and protection or God.
Today I’m going to do something I don’t usually do. I’m going to talk a bit about the inspiration for and creation of one of my art pieces called The World’s Gone Crazy, but I’m Okay.
I do not consider myself a quilter, but surprisingly enough I do from time to time enjoy making very traditional crazy quilts, with silks, satins, and lots of “fancy work” (my grandmother’s term for embroidery). But sometimes my mind starts playing around with the word crazy and an art piece comes out — crazy quilt style.
This work did start with the traditional 5 sided piece of a more traditional crazy quilt but went a little “crazy” from there. In the center is my stylized “every human” stick figure surrounded by the words of the Prayer for Protection by James Dillet Freeman. Outside the center the world goes crazy with pieces with raveled edges, words, embellishments and a broken binding with stray pieces of yarn hanging down to convey a world coming unraveled.
I surround myself every day with the white light of God. I also say the “Prayer for Protection” frequently. This is very important, especially in the middle of all the political nastiness we are experiencing in the U.S. right now. It is also important for me, living in a community of older people, many who are experiencing physical injuries and sickness. I also say the prayer with the word “you” for those who are suffering. When the world seems to be going crazy around us it is important to remember that we live in the light, love and protection of God.
Sometimes we need a visual reminder of the important Truths. Let this work remind you that no matter how, messy, unraveled or even downright crazy the world gets, we will be okay as long as we surround ourselves with the love and protection of the light of God.
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“Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.” – Stewart Udall
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“Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that humans beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.” — Evo Morales
A Simple Discipline: Honor Your Mother Earth
Many people, even people of faith, have a mistaken idea about our relationship to the earth. They seem to believe this planet and its resources are ours to do with as we wish. Some of us still understand that we were placed in the “garden” to be caretakers, not to plunder and pillage its resources.
How can we forget that the earth is our mother? The Biblical account of the creation of man says that God made man from the dust of the earth and breathed life into him. If we say that God is our Father then indeed the Earth is our mother. So why do we treat her so badly? She nourishes us and sustains us although we are making it increasingly difficult for her to do so. How long will we be able to continue to ignore that damage we have done to her and the impact that damage is having on our lives?
April is recognized as Earth Month, with Earth Day coming later in the month. This month we will focus on the Earth and things we can do to care for her. Let us honor our Mother, the earth and show her the respect and care she is due. By doing this we also honor our Father God.
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Copyright 2015 by R.A. Robbins
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.” — May Sarton
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“Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits. (January 11)”
― Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
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Copyright 2015 by R.A. Robbins
“If you clean the floor with love, you have given the world an invisible painting.” – Osho
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“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.” ~ Walter Anderson
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Copyright 2008 by R.O. & R.A. Robbins
Perhaps ultimately, spiritual simply means experiencing wholeness and interconnectedness directly, a seeing that individuality and the totality are interwoven, that nothing is separate or extraneous. If you see in this way, then everything becomes spiritual in its deepest sense. Doing science is spiritual. So is washing the dishes.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
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