"Dismiss whatever insults your own soul;

"Dismiss whatever insults your own soul;
And your very flesh shall be a great poem.”
Love the earth and sun and animals,
Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,
Stand up for the stupid and crazy,
Devote your income and labor to others…
Re-examine all you have been told
at school or church or in any book;
Dismiss whatever insults your own soul;
And your very flesh shall be a great poem.”
~Walt Whitman~
Leaves of Grass
special thank you: spiritual ecology