You Are Enough

© Sue Ellen Parkinson

Original – SOLD

Prints – 13”x 19,” $50

I often think that people care deeply about the world but they just don’t have the confidence to stand up and fight for it. We are taught that we aren’t enough, but that’s a lie.  In this painting the angel shows a scroll reading,”You are enough to save the world. Your imperfect hands are perfect for this job.” It’s a line from a poem I wrote. Here is the poem:

You are Enough

You are enough to save this world

your imperfect hands 

are perfect for this job.

Your unuttered words,

when spoken will be enough.

Your steps, graceful or not

will lead you forward.

And when you open your mouth to sing?

Great croaking cacophony! 

will bring such joy

to all your ancestors 

who have been waiting, longing

to hear the sound of something Free

rise up again.

Never doubt. Never fear.

Your beating heart is enough

to save the world.

—Sue Ellen Parkinson

This painting now lives at The Unity Spiritual Center of San Francisco.