A poem, title unknown, by Rev. Lindi Ramsden, from her 2014 Berry Street Essay

Change does happen;

sometimes so slowly we can’t see it.

So we foster friendships beyond the familiar, organize for the long haul,

invest ourselves in the daily tasks of change, building networks of trust.

AND THEN,

When public assumptions start to crack and open, stunned by reality into the necessity for change,

We are ready to move history:

ready with ideas and networks, songs and strategy, courage and compassion.

A good farm has soil built up, slowly, over generations, yet also knows the urgency of the harvest.

Justice too,

requires the long view

and powerful work in the ripe moment.