You are not the flock...

       Legal Name Change.

       Legal Presence Law.

       Think on these things.

       What do they mean?

       They mean someone else feels they have the right to regulate what name you are known by, who you are, whether or not you have a sanctioned (right) to be wherever you happen to be on this planet.

       Is this correct?

       Is it ethical?

       Is it okay?

       No.

       Don't just accept the continual lessening of your autonomy.

      

       Remember when homesteading was "legal?"

       Remember when people (& towns & countries) reinvented themselves frequently?

       Remember when native peoples the world over had no word for "vacation" and said the earth can not be owned?

       It is our right like birds in the trees to fly.

       Ponder that the next time you repeat words in a liturgy without thinking upon their literal meaning, without wondering who wrote these words down...and who has asked you to read them, live by them...

       ...and why.

       You are not the flock.

       You are each the shepherd of a joyful life.

       Your own.

       And only your own.

       Or you could be, if you rose from the stupored ranks of the deadened living, and took up your bed & walked.

       Since your mind, which is of Divine Mind, is your greatest asset, it bares keeping in mind its ability to be filled with treasures or swine.

       Best not to cast forth knowledge of each fledgling miracle to those who would crush into dust or distract with disregard.

       Rather share what is precious with those who appreciate you for the miracle you are, even as you grow, & who encourage your growth, even if it takes paths different than their own.

       Or better yet, find kindred spirits to share the adventure of trodding a similar, compatible path, and watch how miracles experienced in tandem wind up multiplying.

TO BE CONTINUED...