~ Muriel Rukeyser
As
we enter the year's prime shopping season, stores tend to replace stories as
the gift source of choice. I grew up in Paramus, New Jersey, the shopping
capital of the known universe, where it's easy to get "malled", so I
understand just how seductive — and soul diminishing — the material mindset can
be.
Emerson
said: "Rings and jewels are not gifts but apologies for gifts. The only
true gift is a portion of thyself."
How do we put the "I" back in "stores", supplant
material-eyes with empath-eyes? How do we create the new story of Now? We can
begin by sharing who we are, as keepers of culture, guardians of wisdom
traditions, members of a vast community belonging to something greater than
ourselves. In re-storying the holidays, we restore a sense of continuity that
is soul nourishing for us, and everyone around us. READ MORE
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