that moment
when you realize that someone you just met
as if casually at a party
in say, Winnipeg
knows a friend of yours--the only person you know
who lives in Mauritania
you get it
and that moment
when you realize
that you are made of the same
stuff as the wolf
or the rat
just with a few
flourishes or
back flips
of the DNA helix
you get it
and then that moment
when your eyes open wide
and you know in your gut
that you are the very same stuff
as that person you despise
you get it
You may not be able to keep it.
But you get it.
Submission for One Single Impression prompt: spider webs. Check out the link for a web of some pretty silky words...
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About Beth Patterson
The Virtual Tea House website became 'word-ripe' when, over a cup of jasmine green, I realized that the web has an expanding part to play in the communal aspects of spiritual growth.
With a master's degree in religion, my career spans 20 years in end of life care and I currently work in the field of child abuse intervention and advocacy.
Here in beautiful Central Oregon, my spiritual homes of the high desert and the mountains are both in proximity. And for good measure, four hours away is Grandmother Ocean and the stunning Oregon Coast.
I'm making decent progress on the goal set by my mother early on: she taught us that the goal of humanity should be to become ever-more eccentric, i.e. more fully human.
Entering the 'forest-dweller' phase of life, I am honored to host the Virtual Tea House for all who wish to explore how our lives are enriched and made new a thousand times each day by the spirituality we embody. Exploring this engagement together is the purpose of the Virtual Tea House.
Welcome! Let's have a cup of virtual tea together and share what brings us joy, what we are being taught by life, how we are leaning into the Big Questions posed to us each day in sometimes 'distressing disguises'.
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