A Glimpse of a Better World and How We Can Create It Together

My vision of a healing circle more powerful than hate and violence

Image credit: Wendi Gordon. AI image created from my prompt

We gather around the fire
Strangers become friends
We laugh and cry together
It is a safe fire, contained
So it will not threaten or endanger others
There is room for everyone
Our differences don’t matter
We form a circle that cannot be broken
Unless we choose to let others into it
It is a time of radical acceptance and honesty
We learn more about ourselves as well as each other
We don’t want to extinguish the fire or leave the circle
But we must, because there is work to be done

We need to share what we’ve learned to help others learn
To put differences aside and form a circle of healing around the world
A circle that is more powerful than the hate and violence that destroys lives
One where there is acknowledgement of harm done, forgiveness, and reconciliation
And lives are changed, the world transformed
Into a beautiful and safe environment for all
To be cherished, protected, and celebrated
A new creation that never becomes extinct
And embraces current and future beings
Who thrive in it and overcome challenges together

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I wrote these words during

Allegra Chapman

’s Creative Wellbeing Workshop yesterday. She asked us to close our eyes and visualize fires in different locations (including within us). Then we drew images of the fires and wrote about one of them.

It was a powerful experience, and I was surprised by what I wrote. Perhaps I was merely the vessel through which a more powerful force poured these words onto the page and compelled me to share them.

Either way, this is a beautiful vision of a better world. If enough of us choose to, we can create that worldwide circle of healing. Then we can widen it until everyone is in the circle and we can all cherish, protect, and celebrate our transformed world together.

P.S. If this vision resonates with you, please share it with others!