celebrate

millie shows me a may pole, with humans dancing around it.  each is holding a ribbon attached to the pole, connecting them to the center.  some are dressed as fairies, some are wearing masks of cows, foxes, birds.


"humans are constantly setting yourselves apart.  whether you think you are above nature, better than the rest of the natural world, or below nature, somehow less worthy or pure -- either view sets you apart.


you are as much a part of the rest of the universe as any other being in existence.  there is no separation between mankind and the rest of us.


when you celebrate spring and animal and nature, you also celebrate *you.*


there is no need to don a mask in order to be part of the natural world.  you are every bit as much a part of it as the cows, foxes and birds.  we are all connected.  we are all one.


rely on that connection, relax into it.  this is not a club you can be kicked out of.  you are permanent members."