Miss Lonelyhearts Shepherds the Lamb
If I told you today:
“The Goodness is amassing,”
could you know what I mean?
Would you vibrate your mind
to feel this thing that I’ve seen?
If you can’t imagine it,
just find where you originate
and hear your own voice telling it,
The Goodness is amassing.
Try believing in those words
to understand how this life works:
you’re changing the world,
whether or not you believe
you are.
Much of the sorrow in the world comes from people thinking they don’t matter. Similarly, much injustice results from elections with low voter turnout. (Please make ABSOLUTELY SURE you’re registered to vote for this election because many people’s registrations have been voided due to voter purging. The deadline to register in many states is this week!) When you lie to yourself by thinking you can’t change the world, you exert a stagnant and negative influence upon it. By embracing the Truth (that by virtue of existing in it, you automatically alter the world) you begin to exert an actively positive influence.
Love always,
your Mister
P.S. – The title of this poem comes from Chapter 3 (“Miss Lonelyhearts and The Lamb”) of Nathanael West’s Miss Lonelyhearts, the novella upon which this entire project is based.
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