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Why Do I Write This Blog???

The easiest (and probably the most honest) answer to that question is: I don't know. It all started in the summer of 2005, when I went to Crawford, Texas ( a.k.a. the home of the prez's ranch, a.k.a. the home of Camp Casey) to support Cindy Sheehan. I wanted the world to know that, contrary to what one could read in the mainstream media, the peace movement was alive and well and large numbers of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. I wanted people to know that thousands of Americans were willing to travel to Texas and tolerate the heat, humidity, and bugs in order to support a grieving mother whose new purpose was to shine a light on the lies that led to the war and to bring home our troops so that no other mother would have to know the pain that she felt.

Over time, this blog has become more of an exploration of who I am, my spirituality, and how life works. I love life's complexities, exploring the shades of gray. I want to, as Rainier Maria Rilke said,

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer."

Maybe my blog is just one big question about what is needed in order for people to take the time to love and cherish each other and our earth. Maybe someday, I will "live along some distant day into the answer."

In the meantime, thank you for joining me on my journey. I welcome you to share yours with me

 

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Flowers in the Sand

Before our Women in Black vigil yesterday, many of us met to continue the discussion we were having regarding the possibility of making some changes in our vigil. I had sat and watched and thought and talked until I felt very clear about what I thought was right. I presented it, we talked and we came to agreement. It was very beautiful, actually. Kinda like digging up a garden is messy, but when it all comes together, it is a joy. When it was time to stand outside, we were joined by new vigilers, we had a lot of traffic - many supportive people and some very entertaining hecklers - and the energy among us was shining (in place of the sun which we didn't see).

Time and again, I think that I am going to do one thing - for instance, I'm going to stand in vigil for peace once a week - but lo and behold, I find out that my initial intention is not all that is going to happen. We all bring ourselves to whatever we do and we always get to deal with our unconscious parts wherever we go - plus those aspects of everyone else around us. It is truly a miracle that people can work together as well as they do, and I mean that like the miracle of a blazing red flower bursting alive in the desert, surrounded by sand and rock. Life wants to be and humanity wants to work together, even if the odds seem to say it's not possible.

posted by Carol at 3:20 PM

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