When beliefs and rigid doctrines,

Like stone statues cold as death,

Discipline us into silence,

Rob us of life-giving breath;

We can voice our great discomfort

As we recognize the truth

That our life and all our living

Give us insight from our youth.

We would celebrate evolving;

In the webs of life we bond

To the cosmos and our family,

Humans here and those beyond;

Thus we’re called to live together

With respect for all that is,

For the cosmos and our planet

With respect for all that lives.

‘Creativity’ is present

Ever since before the start;

Brings to birth such great abundance;

Gives birth to a loving heart.

With this birthing of the novel

‘Creativity’ transforms;

Energy and life emerges;

Beauty seen in all its forms.

So we celebrate the myst’ry;

Stand in silence; look with awe;

Countless years in billions ended

Since the opening of the store

Of variety and brilliance,

Of the life-force and of grace;

It’s amazing and so wondrous

We can claim to have a place.

George Stuart