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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

 

Monday, January 22, 2007

Keep Working on Love


"...The spirit cannot be really free without the ability to forgive..." from JLS

I know, most people probably think of Jonathan Livingston Seagull as totally cornball. I was ripe when he came on the scene, and you have to admit (don't you?) that he had some pretty good lessons to teach. Wikipedia mentions "Christian Anarchist" in relation to him. Hmmmm... hadn't thought about that.

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You may remember (or not) that I was not too happy with Ken Gordon (click here) back in July. He is majority leader in the Colorado Senate and ran for Secretary of State this past November. He lost the Secretary of State election. After he made his (I thought) inappropriate statement of support for Israel during the invasion of Lebanon, I wrote to him and gave him my thoughts. It is not that I don't support a free Israel, but I don't support it at the expense of Palestine and Lebanon. I don't support Israel's bullying any more than I support the bullying of the U.S. And I don't think that a state senator has any need to make a statement to the press giving support for Israel. What's behind that??? Gordon did respond to my email. I would've liked him to have made a public statement about what motivated him to make such a stand for Israel, but he didn't.

Still, Ken Gordon is co-sponsoring the upcoming rally to bring peace to Iraq. Do I stand behind Ken 100%? No. Do I stand behind any politician 100%? No. Do I stand behind the idea of stopping this killing? Yes.

I truly believe that we all want the same things. We just have different strategies to try to meet our needs. All I know to do is to find the common ground and work from there.

If I don't do that, I am a part of the war.

posted by Carol at 6:31 PM

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

People are usually ahead of politicians...the nationwide action on Sat will be a lead-off for March..
the tide has turned..watch how the media plays them as opposed to last year or before.."you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"....I don't care when folks join the visible resistance as long as they join."Bring'em Home"
Impeach the Escalator

I will see you there..nogo postal

6:36 AM  

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