March 5, 2020, Portland, Oregon
(Inspired by Thomas Berry-”The Great Work”) We did not choose the moment of our birth We did not choose our parents We did not choose our brothers and sisters We did not choose our place, race, culture Nor did we choose the historic moment We find ourselves in The nobility of our lives Depends on The manner in which we Come to understand and Fulfill our assigned Role In this moment As we open our eyes And find ourselves Standing in this New millennium We are thrown into an existence With a challenge A role Beyond our personal choice We enter With an Earth inherited, From our parents And theirs And theirs And three billion years Of life on Earth Our own special role Which we will hand our children Is managing the arduous transition From the Terminal Cenozoic Age, To the emerging Ecozoic Age* The period when humans Become participating members in The comprehensive Earth community A transition from Human devastation to Human cooperation From human rights To the rights of Nature From property rights for unlimited human exploitation To Stewardship rights Temporarily granted For rebuilding nature And removed When violated We must believe that those powers that Assign this role to us must In that same act bestow upon us The ability to fulfill this role This is “The Great Work” Of our new millennium
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