10 Rules for Being Human

Check out the list below and see where you are in this interesting reflection on being human.

There is a thread

The Way It Is

It goes among things that change. 
There is a thread you follow. 
But it doesn’t change.
People wonder about what things you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.

While you hold it you can’t get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and grow old.

Nothing you do can stop times unfolding.
You don’t ever let go of the thread.

— William Stafford

We learn with the great spirits

Below are some images of the Yanomami people of Brasil. More can be found on the website of survival international.

To the Yanomami every tree, rock, mountain and creature has a spirit.

The Yanomami shamans are not only protecting their own community, but looking after the rest of the world as well. They know that our planet is changing. The sky is full of smoke because our rainforest is being logged and burnt. The rains come late, the sun behaves in a strange way. The lungs of the sky are polluted. The world is ill.

Where will we go when we have destroyed our world?

When the planet is silent, how will we learn?