We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of Darkness by Walker, Alice - 2006

New York: New Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Gift quality. Mottled cream boards with pale yellow spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Mottled cream endpapers. Full number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 . 1.2 x 7.1 x 4.9 Inches. 128 pages. From the Introduction: "In fact, the happiness that imbues this kind of (impersonal) friendship, whether for an individual or a country, or an act, is like an inner light, a compass we might steer by as we set out across the lengthening darkness. It comes from the simple belief that what one is feeling and doing is right. That it is right to protect rather than terrorize others; right to feed people rather than withhold food (and medicine); right to want the freedom and joyful existence of all human kind. Right to want this freedom and joy for all creatures that exist already, or that might come into existence. Existence, we are now learning, is not finished! It is a happiness that comes from honoring the peace or the possibility of peace that lives within one's own heart. A deep knowing that we are the earth - our separation from Earth perhaps our greatest illusion. and that we stand, with gratitude and love, by our planetary Self. In <I>We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For</I> she draws on her deep spiritual grounding, her political conviction and experience, and her literary gifts to offer a series of meditations filled with wisdom, hope, encouragement, and, at times, serenity to a world in need of all these things. The perfect gift for Alice Walker fans and anyone who longs for peace, on earth and within, this lovely volume will be embraced for its wise insights and mature compassion. .