An Invocation for All Living Things

United Nations World Environment Day · San Francisco

I had the honor of writing and performing this invocation at an extraordinary gathering in San Francisco. It was an opportunity to give voice to something deeply meaningful to me—our connection to the Earth, to one another, and to all living things.

An Invocation for All Living Things is an expression of gratitude, compassion, and the belief that we are all part of something greater than ourselves.

Divine Spirit, Blessed Ones,
who guide us throughout our days,
help us to honor our Mother, Gaia, the elegant Earth
by breathing compassion, kindness, courage and generosity
deeply into our being.

Open our souls so we may be fully alive
and experience our connection to all living things as family.
Teach us to transform our limited thoughts into open-hearted action,
to heal the illusion of separateness,
to caretake all species as our sisters and brothers
by protecting their innocence and upholding their dignity.

Let the light of love transcend all boundaries
and weave a tapestry through the four directions:
north, south, east, and west.
From the sky blue hues of heaven and the sunlight pouring through
to the dark, wet loam of the first forests,
through the marketplaces of wizened lands
that bear the fruit picked by many hands,
and on to the sweeping sand of desert
and flowering meadows, majestic glaciers,
curvaceous islands, ancient walls and
the seething jungles that continually call,
"I am a part of you, I am a part of you."
To mystical mountains and beyond,
to blazing cities and tiny ports,
to the quiet resolution of the ocean floors.
Skin, seed, fur, feather, leaf, root, and bone.
let us breathe as one:
One world,
One tribe,
One soul.
In the name of love, It is done.

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