The next Buddha will not take the form of an individual.
The next Buddha may take the form of a community;
a community practising understanding and loving kindness,
a community practising mindful living.
This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.

- Thich Nhat Hanh
 
 
We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been
a place half-remembered and half-envisioned
we can only catch glimpses of from time to time.
Community.
Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion
without having the words catch in our throats.
Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light up as we enter,
voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power.
Community means strength that joins our strength
to do the work that needs to be done.
Arms to hold us when we falter.
A circle of healing.
A circle of friends.
Someplace where we can be free.

- Starhawk