I can feel her.
Can you guys feel her?
Just wrapping herself around you.
I'd like you to imagine the soul of life wrapping herself around this whole community.
This community,
Your community,
Where you're headed,
Where you want to be.
Imagine,
If you would,
The soul of life enveloping,
Wrapping her arms around all the people that you love.
All the people precious to you,
All the people you hold in your heart.
Right now,
Imagine the soul of life wrapping her arms around your country,
Where you've lived,
Any country that you've lived in,
Any country that you want to live in.
Imagine the soul of life wrapping her arms around those countries.
I invite you to envision the soul of life wrapping her arms around Ukraine,
Around the people of Ukraine,
Around the cities,
Around the countryside.
The soul of life wrapping her arms around every Ukrainian.
Comforting them,
Holding them close,
Being their shield in the midst of war,
Being their calm in the midst of chaos.
Being their peace in the midst of deep uncertainty.
Imagine the soul of life embracing all the Ukrainian people still in their country and having fled to other countries.
I invite you to envision the soul of life holding all the Russian people,
All the Russian people,
Every single one of them,
Including the military,
Including the generals,
And including the Russian president.
I invite you to imagine the soul of life looking directly into the eyes of the Russian president.
With eyes of deepest love,
She looks into the eyes of the Russian president.
I invite you to imagine this man known for having no compassion,
No empathy,
Being filled with the compassion and empathy that only the soul of life can give him.
Compassion and empathy that fills his every cell,
His every breath,
His every thought,
His every moment.
I invite you to imagine,
To envision the soul of life taking his hands and hers and placing them on his heart and breathing peace into a heart that has never felt peace.
That has never felt love.
That has never felt calm.
I invite you to envision and imagine tears rolling down his cheeks as he looks into the eyes of the soul of life and sees what he has been missing.
What he forgot.
That he is now remembering,
Deeply remembering.
And I invite you to envision this man,
The president of Russia,
On his knees,
Horrified by what he has done and begging the soul of life for forgiveness.
I invite you to envision,
To imagine,
To see this man rising up,
Looking into the eyes of the soul of life and saying,
Be with me.
Be with me.
Be with me.
I invite you to envision,
To imagine a world where every single person,
Every animal,
Every species,
In its own way,
In its own language,
With its own presence,
Says to the soul of life,
Please be with me.
Please be with me.
Please be with me.
And I invite you to envision,
To imagine a world where those three words,
Be with me,
Brings forth peace on earth.
An appreciation of life in every aspect.
An appreciation of each and every being.
Simply out of the prayer,
Simply out of the plea,
Simply out of the invitation,
Be with me.
May peace on earth be ours as we be with life,
As we be with each other,
And as we accept the invitation of the soul of life,
Who says every moment,
Be with me,
Dear one.
Be with me.
Be with me.
Simply be with me.
Please be with me.
