Soul touching Soul

Reflecting on distractions.

I was listening to a podcast this morning. It was an interview with the brilliant lady, Margaret Anna Alice, who wrote the poem, "Anthem for Justice" and coined the word "philanthropath" for the first time. I don't think that I have heard her voice before but I have seen a photo. Actually, when I looked at the photo, I was shocked. I had thought the poet to be in her 60s or older, due to having such wisdom. But no, she is young and wise!Anyway, I digress. I woke up not feeling so chipper and so got up late and avoided the day by listening to a podcast. That always annoys my husband. "Live in the now", he implores. Anyhow, not feeling so chipper really translated to feeling a bit down. I thought about my own writing in comparison to the brilliance of so many others. What did I really think I could contribute to the world! After an hour and a bit, the lady talked about the right and left hemisphere of the brain. The right being the command centre, sending messengers to the left. The left beginning to think that it didn't need the right and making bad decisions based on past messages. "That does it", said my right hemisphere, "get up and get going" and so I switched off the podcast and got going.

Over the past 5 years of discovery and learning, I have accumulated a lot of "information". A lot of it is scientific, none of which, I could prove to anyone. I have also looked into various aspects of the history of world events that I remember in my lifetime. My husband repeatedly says, "What difference does it make? Live in the now". I must seriously contemplate his words because knowing about Pol Pot, Jonestown and Tiananmen Square doesn't weed the vegetable garden or clean the kitchen floor. It is the application of knowledge that is tricky. Learning is a pleasure and an escape. A distraction in many respects. People I meet, ask about the vegetable garden, not how PCR tests work, or don't as it would appear.

The lovely lady on the podcast had distilled her learning into a poem of note. When I first heard the Tess Lowry recording of "Anthem for Justice", the tears rolled because it touched my soul. We won't be able to reach others until we can apply our learning in such a way that soul touches soul. That requires faith, hope and love and a great deal of humility.

https://youtu.be/ueUXNL-A3Zg?si=XMOP_NJUlaPAFRHI