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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

 

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

People Just Like Us


We participated in the candlelight vigil held at the Eyes Wide Open exhibit last night. We walked in silence. First around the 2,748 pairs of boots standing for the U.S. soldiers who have died in this war and occupation (the number has risen to 2753 since set-up on Monday), then around the shoes representing the Iraqis who have died.

We stood for a long time at the end - around the Iraqi shoes. First, a wave of sorrow came over me.

So sorry...

so sorry...

I pay taxes that are used to kill you. So sorry... I am complicit in this. The pain of the mothers... Young children maimed or killed.

So sorry...

Then W came to mind. If I really mean it... If I really mean that I believe in giving love to all creation, then that means W, too. And all of his co-horts. Don't have to like what he does. Don't have to NOT hold him accountable, either. But not adding any more violence to the world means to hold W in the same light and love as the Iraqis who are injured through this war. And the U.S. families who are in pain from the effects of it. And those people who believe that they are killing for a noble cause. Everyone.

So as I stood there last night, in a circle of friends that I may or may not know yet, I tried to put my mind and heart around it all. It was not easy.

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posted by Carol at 8:42 AM

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