251107 What I learned in my studies this morning 5

Today's Meditation(s):

The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh (ed. by Melvin McLeod), Children of the Earth

I am connected to all things. In past lives, I have been a rock, a tree, a wave, an animal. All my components were parts of these things before they came together to create me. I am not a thing apart.

Nkr am I now separate from the world. I am significantly, importantly, desperately connected to all others. I must act with care for all people, all creatures, all things. My care must be active and deliberate to prevent errors and accidents beyond my conscious desire and attempts to do good.