Seven Sentence Starters (from the Active Hope Curriculum)

I love
my life-companion
the old Snow Fountain Cherry and
the adolescent Marilee Crabapple
trees
dance
wild things and wilderness
literature and nonsense
swimming and hot Springs
people-watching and
a solitary stroll

I’d like to thank
Elizabeth
mom and dad
my brothers
my spiritual director Aimee
wild places
wild inner-spaces
playmates
authors
activists
prophetic wisdom
opening hearts

Looking at the future we’re heading into,
my concerns include…
extinction
the disappearing natural world
the impaired human connection
my anxiety obscuring the beauty
anxiety occluding the beauty

what inspires me is…
my truest self
the truest resonance of
Lizzie Bluebell,
the entanglement

children at play
acts of kindness
nature walks
music
song
silence

looking at the future we’re heading into,
what I deeply hope for is…
to allow myself to rejoice
harmoniously
in the beauty
ceremoniously
go forth in beauty
More people joining
in the pursuit of happiness
and
more people learning
the true meaning of happiness

A part I’d like to play in support of this is…
to define happiness, spread the word
model happiness
help others to be happy
creating the new world happening

A step I’ll take towards this in the next week is…
to begin a poem or whatnot
evoking the true meaning
of happiness

Whatnot: the Happy Happening