The New Quilt Of Humanity

A friend shared this on Facebook, I thought I would copy it here so I never lose it.

"The old threads are unravelling, 
Get your needles ready. 
We are stitching a new quilt of humanity. 
Bring your old t-shirts, 
worn out jeans, scarves, antique gowns, 
aprons, 
old pockets of plenty who have held Earth's treasures, 
stones, feathers, leaves, 
love notes on paper. 
Each stitch 
A mindful meditation. 
Each piece of material 
A story. 
The more color the better, so call in the tribes. Threads of browns, whites, reds, oranges 
Women from all nations start stitching. 
Let's recycle the hate, the abuse, the fear, the judgement. 
Turn it over, wash it clean, ring it out to dry. 
It's a revolution of recycled wears. 
Threads of greens, blues, purples 
Colorful threads of peace, 
kindness, respect, compassion 
are being stitched from one continent to the next over forests, oceans, mountains. 
The work is hard 
Your fingers may bleed. 
But each cloth stitched together 
Brings together a community. 
A world, our future world 
Under one colorful quilt. 
The new quilt of humanity." 
~Julia Myers 
Art The path of needles by Gina Litherland