It is a sweet thing, friendship, a dear balm
It is a sweet thing, friendship, a dear balm,
a happy and auspicious bird of calm.
A great tenderness for myself and the world opens inside me, and I know I belong to this time, to these people, to this earth, and to something that is both within and larger than all of it, something that sustains and holds us all. I do not want to be anywhere else. I am filled with commitment...and compassion.