A number of months ago I was introduced to the powerful work of Chelan Harkin and her book Let Us Dance! The Stumble And Whirl With the Beloved. One of the delights of my life is to lead one of the on line Dance Chapel’s hosted by Cynthia Winton Henry. In these chapels we each light a candle -real, battery powered, electric, etc.- and then share something we are hoping for, needing, etc. Then we move, dance, share poems or readings to ponder as we dance, draw or create together in some way. At the end of our time we practice a type of prayer called Dancing On Behalf Of. The more I pondered Chelan’s words and the more we have played and danced and shared with one another the more it has become come clear that we are each called to “bring forth our lights” and let the gifts of our life touch, heal, empower, care for and love each other.”

Just image how the world might change if we each moved from the heart of the Divine that lives in each of us. How wonderful the world could be and is when we “hold the candles of ourselves” to light the way of those we meet each day!