Elizabeth Roberts > Quotes

“Wherever you are is home
And the earth is a paradise
Wherever you set your feet is holy land...
You don't live off it like a parasite.
You line in it, and it in you,Or you don't survive.
And that is the only worship of God there is.

by Wilfred Pelletier and Ted Poole”
― Elizabeth Roberts, Earth Prayers: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations from Around the World

“Let the trees be consulted before you take any action every time you breathe in thank a tree let treeroots crack parking lots at the world bank headquarters let loggers be druids specially trained and rewarded to sacrifice trees at auspicious times let carpenters be master artisans let lumber be treasured like gold let chainsaws be played like saxophones let soldiers on maneuvers plant trees give police and criminals a shovel and a thousand seedlings let businessmen carry pocketfuls of acorns let newlyweds honeymoon in the woods walk don’t drive stop reading newspapers stop writing poetry squat under a tree and tell stories JOHN WRIGHT”
― Elizabeth Roberts, Earth Prayers: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations from Around the World

“It’s up to us to re-enchant this planet Earth We are the elves and giants we are the shining ones daughters of the Moon and sons of the Sun We are the shapeshifters we are the mysterious light shrouded in mists at the dawn of our time and it’s up to us to re-enchant this living planet Earth Up to us to midwife    at our own rebirth up to us to send our dead    along their ancient pathways to the future up to us to re-enchant this living planet Earth It’s up to us to break the spell that steals the colors    from the world and leaves it lifeless it was our spell we can break it It’s up to us the break the spell that steals the music from the Wind and Rain it is our spell we can break it We will dance the magic dance and our bodies will remember we will sing the magic songs and together we’ll remember how to live together how to love each other how to ride the eagle how to call the deer Home —Will Ashe Bacon”
― Elizabeth Roberts, Life Prayers: From Around the World, 365 Prayers, Blessings, and Affirmations to Celebrate the Human Journey – A Richly Eclectic Anthology of Chants and ... the Mysteries and Delights of Earth

“How strange and wonderful is our home, our earth,
With its swirling vaporous atmosphere,
Its flowing and frozen climbing creatures,
The croaking things with wings that hang on rocks
And soar through fog, the furry grass, the scaly seas...
How utterly rich and wild...
Yet some among us have the nerve,
The insolence, the brass, the gall to whine
About the limitations of our earthbound fate
And yearn for some more perfect world beyond the sky.
We are none of us good enough
For the World we have.

by Edward Abbey”
― Elizabeth Roberts, Life Prayers : From Around the World : 365 Prayers, Blessings, and Affirmations to Celebrate the Human Journey

“Mother, Father, God, Universal Power.
Remind us daily of the sanctity of life.

Touch our hearts with the glorious oneness of all creation,
As we strive to respect all the living beings on this planet.
Penetrate our souls with the beauty of this earth,
As we attune ourselves to the rhythm and flow of our seasons.
Awaken our minds with the knowledge to achieve a world in perfect harmony
And grant us the wisdom to realize that we can have heaven on earth

by Jo Poore”
― Elizabeth Roberts, Life Prayers : From Around the World : 365 Prayers, Blessings, and Affirmations to Celebrate the Human Journey