From time to time I’ve contemplated what words are most essential to me. My list has grown slowly over time, through lived experience. The first word to become sacred to me was the word “we.” Culturally, we livin in a me-against-you time, and so the healing essence of the word we is even more needed. This year, the word “vessel” became part of my list, as the best word for the deep inner space where soul-life cooks. Here is a list of some of the words that capture the heart of living, forming connection, entering relationship with each other:
we
us
home
empathy
belonging
earth (earth)
poem
tree
roots
breath
ground
weaving
dancing
singing
attached
open
now
cosmos
peace
dream
wonder
wander
feel
vessel
yes