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    237. Ribbon 18: New Beginnings

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    169. We Are the Door

    by Lyndsey Scott

    (second half inspired by Rainier Maria Rilke)


    ​We are the door that's blowing wide open

    We are the path that's winding down

    We don't know where…


    Enter me!

    Embody me.

    Give me your hand --

    Make big shadows I can move in



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    133. There Is Only Now

    by Steph Drouin


    1. There is only now,

    there is only this.

    Don’t you look behind

    or you will miss it!


    There is only now,

    there is only this.

    Don’t you look ahead

    or you will miss it!


    2. There’s only now.

    There’s only this.

    Blink, and you

    will miss it.


    3. Land

    with your feet firmly planted

    right here, right now

    is all there is!


    4. Bring your full self

    into this moment.

    One breath

    is all it takes.

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    51. I Release Control

    by Alexa Sunshine Rose


    I release control

    and surrender to the flow

    of love, that will heal me.





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    7. Spiral

    by Patricia Norton


    1. I’m letting myself move in a spiral,

    I’m flexing and I’m swaying

    and I’m bending with the wind.


    2. I’m coming down

    to where I need to be.


    3. Gonna let it go,

    gonna let me go;

    you know,

    I’ve got to grow.

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    83. Creature Teacher

    by Hannah Jeffery


    Am I tired, am I hungry?

    Do I need to take a break now

    And rest?

    Am I tired, am I hungry?

    ​Do I need to take a breath?


    We are responsible for tending these creatures

    Let the growls and the howls and the cries and the whines

    ​Be our teachers.

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    196. I Am Blessed

    by Desirée Dawson


    I am blessed, yeah, I am blessed

    Even when I′m here feeling like a mess

    This life has shown me all kinds of stress

    And also opened up my heart like the greatest treasure chest


    I have grown

    Yes, I have grown

    And I'm finding my way home

    Yes, I have grown

    And I′m finding my way home

    

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    233. Ribbon 17: Mad Road Tripping Skills

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    75. Easy Does It

    by Heather Houston


    Easy does it now

    Slow it down

    Feel the sound

    As you breathe, sing, freely now

    Tune, croon, swoon…



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    97. Settle Like A Pebble

    by Laura Walker


    Settle, settle like a pebble.

    Settle, settle like a pebble.

    Settle like a pebble on a riverbed.

    Drift like a feather on a stream.

    You can travel with the flow, if you just let go,

    and close your eyes and be.

    Drift, and settle gently.

    You can travel with the flow, if you just let go.

    The water flow will wash you clean.



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    109. This Is It

    by Maggie Wheeler


    This is it.

    This is it!

    This is the place you wanna be (x2)

    Don't wait until tomorrow to let yourself be free

    This is it

    This is the place you wanna be


    2. This is the song you wanna sing 

    Don't wait until tomorrow to let your voices ring


    3. This is the love you wanna feel

    Don't wait until tomorrow to let your love be real


    4. The world is calling out to you 

    Don't wait until tomorrow for what you came to do

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    125. Dahil Mahal Kita

    by Gérone Pascal


    Dahil mahal kita

    dahil mahal na mahal kita

    dahil mahal kita

    ibibigay ko ang lahat


    Because I love you so much,

    Because I love you so much, so much, so much

    Because I Iove you so much,

    I give you all of my heart.



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    165. Heaven Above, Earth Below

    by Becky Graber


    ​Heaven above, Earth below,

    And I the path between,

    Making my way through fields of ever rolling green,

    Making my way through fields of ever rolling green.


    Heaven above, Earth below,

    And in between am I,

    Finding a path with heart and spirit, earth and sky,

    Finding a path with heart and spirit, earth and sky.


    Ah dah dah, ah dah dah, ah dah dah dah.

    Ah dah dah, ah dah dah, ah dah dah, Ah.


    Heaven above, Earth below,

    And I the two reveal,

    Shining through me the light of Spirit that can heal,

    Shining through me the light of Spirit that can heal.


    Heaven above, Earth below,

    And I the path between.

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    200. Don't Give Up

    by Becky Reardon


    Don't give up; give a little kindness to yourself.

    Put a little flex -- put a little flex in your plan.

    Find another way -- like a river!

    Flow -- may you never stop flowing.



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    227. Ribbon 16: Balance and Begin

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    ​#74 Equinox Blessing
    by Heather Houston

    Honoring the darkness, Honoring the light,
    Honoring the day, Honoring the night
    All things find their way into balance
    Suspended in time
    Shadows and light
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    #205 Set It Right
    by Ana Hérnandez

    Call: There’s a great trouble in the land 
    Resp: We’re gonna set it right again 
    (3x)
    All: We’re gonna set it right, set it right again. 

    More verses to zip in:
    Trouble’s been brewing too many years
    We need clean water and healthy food
    People need housing, we’ve a right to thrive
    Mass deportations tearing families apart
    We are the ones who can change the world
    We need education to build a just world
    Families need childcare, they don’t need to go broke
    We need fair wages, rich folk need to be taxed!

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    ​#146 Begin Again
    by Jean Farmer

    I begin again with my breath,
    joining earth,
    earth and spirit.
    I return again to my breath,
    ​walking home the unknown path.
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    #168 The Net
    by Patricia Norton

    (inspired by Sri Nisargadatta)

    The net that I thought
    was holding me,
    it is full of holes, full of holes.
    The net that I thought
    was holding me,
    it is full of holes!
    The net that I thought
    was holding me tight –
    it is not a big barrier,
    I can get by it.
    The net that I thought
    was holding me,
    it is Full. Of. Holes.

    There is a ground of truth
    beyond the net!
    (a gazillion times)

    Like the water,
    I’m falling free. (4x)
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    ​#184 Where the Moss Grows
    by David Ruffin

    Where the river flows
    and the moss on boulder grows,
    we can remember what we deeply know.
    There is time to be here
    and see what becomes clear...
    when we let it go,
    and go where the moss grows.
    Oh, when we let it go,
    ​and go where the moss grows
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    ​#36 Brighter Days
    by Jenny Cook

    There's so much hope in a snowdrop,
    the promise of spring to come.
    Hold on, hold on
    through the cold,
    brighter days will come.
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    222. Ribbon 15: All Kinds of Love

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    ​33. There Is A Love


    Words by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker

    Music by Elizabeth (Beth) Norton


    There is a Love holding me; There is a Love holding all that I love;

    There is a Love holding all; I rest in this love.

    There is a Love holding us; There is a Love holding all that we love;

    There is a Love holding all; We rest in this love.

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    210. In This House with MaMuse
    by Karisha Longaker

    In this house, we lead with love.
    In this house, we lift each other up.
    In this house, we learn to fly with the dove.
    Oh, this is the house we've been dreaming of.
    Oh, this is the house we've been dreaming of.
    So come on over (come on over),
    Welcome in (welcome in),
    Come on over (come on over).
    Let's be friends (let's be friends).
    Come on over (come on over).
    There is enough.
    Oh, this is the house we've been dreaming of.
    Oh, this is the house we've been dreaming of.

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    101. Sacred Breaking
    by Hannah Jeffery

    The only way to be here is to be constantly breaking open
    How else do we make sense of this human experience?

    Beauty, break me open
    Tragedy, break me open
    Humility, break me open
    Love, crack open my heart

    Heartbreak is our birthright 
    It's the only way to be here
    Heartbreak is our birthright
    It's the only way we can heal

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    ​158. Quiet At First


    Music by Eileen Webb

    Lyrics by Kai Skye


    It's quiet at first,

    this song of love

    for all the living things.

    But once you start to hear it,

    it's quite impossible to pretend

    there's something better

    you could be doing.

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    ​178. My Body

    By Alexandra Sarton Love


    My body is fly

    My body is beautiful

    My body is bold

    My body is mine

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    ​123. Arms of Love

    By Alexa Sunshine Rose


    Come now child, lay it down

    Just breathe

    Just be

    Come be cradled in the arms of love

    Just breathe, just be.

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    217. Ribbon 14: Clearing the Decks

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    ​4. Let It Blow Through     
    by Maggie Wheeler

    Let it blow through, let it blow through.
    Open up the windows of your soul, and let it blow through.

    Hard times come, and hard times go, let it blow through.
    Open up the windows of your soul, and let it blow through.

    Hard times come and hard times go, let it blow.
    Open up the windows of your soul, and let it blow through.
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    ​63. Awaken Me
    by Abigail Spinner McBride

    1. Open my eyes to the miracles around me,
    wake me up, wake me up. 
    (2x)
    2. Shake me from my sleep and stir me from my dreaming.
    wake me up, wake me up. 
    ​    (2x)
    Chorus: Awaken me. (4x)
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    113. Borrow Trouble
    by Patricia Norton

    Let me not borrow this trouble
    ahead of time.
    Let me not carry this sorrow
    before it's mine.
    It will come when it comes and go when it goes.
    I will know; I will know.
    It will come when it comes and go when it goes,
    I will know.
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    My trust and love are banks on the river
    where grief and praise can find a flow.
    My tender heart, it floats on the ocean.
    The waves come. The waves go.
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    ​161. Good Friend     
    by Jan Harmon

    Oh the wind, it is a song
    that harbours through the winter,
    Oh the sail, it is a door
    that bids the song to enter,
    And let us sail the sea, good friend,
    And let us sing together,
    The singer lasts a season long,
    While the song, it lasts forever.
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    ​204. May the Way Open Before You
    by Ana Hernández

    May the way open before you.
    May you see beyond darkness and light
    to the love you are;
    to the love you bring into the world.
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    ​6. Be Open
    by Debbie Nargi-Brown

    Be open for something wonderful to happen
    Be open to the possibility
    (x2)

    Aiye Aiye Aiye, Aiye Aiye Aiye (x2)
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    212. Ribbon 13: Breaking Through

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    89. a spell for intergenerational trauma
    by Ahlay Blakely

    Breaking
    Breaking
    Breaking the cycles now

    Ripple through
    Through to the ancient ones
    Ripple through
    Through to the future ones
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    Healing at the Root
    We’re calling
    Healing at the root
    of our belonging
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    170. Over/Under
    by Lyndsey Scott

    Over / under
    All the way through
    Over / under
    Back to you
    Over / under
    All the way down
    Over / under
    Lost then found

    I am the love that doesn't leave
    We do this til we free us!
    Feel thru the dark is how we see
    We do this til we free us!
    We are remembering how to grieve
    We do this til we free us!
    You are a part of my family
    We do this til we free us!
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    ​77. Winter Song
    by Dirk Mont Campbell

    All things come and go, summer sun and winter snow.
    Blow wind, fall, rain; all things die and live again.

    Fallen leaves lie on the ground so cold and dead.
    Oak tree stands bare, and the holly green and red.
    Robin sings of love and loss for Jenny Wren.
    ​All things that die will return to life again.

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    50. Navigate the Current
    by Saro Lynch-Thomason

    I often feel a deep despair For a pain that feels unending
    For a body made with many faults That resists all salve or mending
    I’m tossed and driven with a tide Of an ocean unforgiving
    I am left shaking on the shore Afraid of even standing.

    I feel a deep temptation then As I am lying weary
    For a marble form to encase my bones That I may rest more deeply
    What comfort to be cast as stone To be static and suspended
    No ecstasy, no misery Nothing given or expended

    I am startled then by the touch of friends Who raise and fortify me
    Who say my name, bid me stretch my frame Help me face the sea’s great fury.
    Where would I be in these long hours Without their voices by me?
    To ease the pain and soothe the strain Of a troubled and angry body?
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    I am bound between the amity That salves a body splintered
    And the cries and sighs of the daily hours That pull my soul more inward.
    Oh, may I learn to trust the hands That soothe a pain so fervent
    ​May I ride each wave with a greater faith And navigate the current
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    147. Walk On Through
    by Samara Jade

    The Mystery is holding your hand
    The Mystery is holding your hand
    The Mystery is holding your hand
    As you walk through

    The angels are holding your hand
    The angels are holding your hand
    The angels are holding your hand
    As you walk through….

    Chorus:
    So walk on through - no turning back
    Walk on through - we got your back
    We’ll stand by you
    You’re not alone
    So walk on through, we’ll walk you home

    (other verses, same form, fill in the blank with: stars and moon, mother earth, ancestors, all of us, etc.)
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    ​68. Share the Journey
    by Katie Sontag

    As the dark fades away, here it comes, a brand-new, new day.
    As it leaves, we watch it go, all we learned, all we need to know.
    I believe we will survive. I believe this is our time.
    ​I believe we are alive to share the journey, to share the journey.
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