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We do not come to own.
\nWe come to kneel.<\/p>\n

We do not come to fix.
\nWe come to feel.<\/p>\n

No river signs a contract.
\nNo tree signs a deed.
\nStill we ask:
\nMay I rest in your shade?
\nMay I drink from your stream?<\/em><\/p>\n

There are no kings here.
\nOnly guides.
\nAnd they change
\nlike the wind does,
\nlike breath,
\nlike tides.<\/p>\n

You lead for a while
\nbecause you see the path.
\nThen you step aside
\nbecause someone else hears the rain before it falls.<\/p>\n

When harm is done,
\nwe do not cast out.
\nWe draw in.
\nWe circle.
\nWe speak.<\/p>\n

Not of guilt \u2014
\nbut of impact.
\nNot of sin \u2014
\nbut of sorrow.
\nNot of blame \u2014
\nbut of the thread
\nthat must be rewoven.<\/p>\n

We do not forgive.
\nWe remember differently.
\nTogether.<\/p>\n

We leave no footprints,
\nonly blessings.
\nWe touch,
\nwe taste,
\nwe thank,
\nwe let go.<\/p>\n

We are not the story.<\/strong>
\nWe are its brief telling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And we speak it well
\nbecause we are guests.
\nAnd we know it is sacred.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The future is not a destination, but a movement.<\/strong>
What is one small thing you can do today \u2014 to listen, to ask, to plant, to slow down \u2014 that brings this world a little closer?<\/em><\/p>\n

Who will you share this with?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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