10/10/16 Animal Farm

10/10/16 Animal Farm                                                                             

Dear Rita Mae Brown,

I checked out George Orwell’s Animal Farm on CD hoping for some insights. Many of us read it in school, but his words hit home with more impact when absorbed as an adult. The insights it had were of the path that leads downhill, not the one I search for that will raise us up.

Where is that story?

Then I thought of all stories, of all struggles, of all lives, and in the end it is the caring that overcomes the tragedy. That is the light that outshines the darkness.

When my nephews have an idea, I tell them to check in with their heart before they carry it out. The heart reveals the best of choices. It awakens awareness of right and wrong.  

There is more than one story to a better tomorrow, each of us has our own. Moment by moment, day by day, alongside one another, we will find a better way.

Better together,

Loraine