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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

 

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Follow the Women

Follow the Women Bike Ride - AFP Photo from Aljazeera


I wish that I would've known about this before (and been healthier and been in bicycling shape). Maybe next year...

Two to three-hundred women from all over the world just finished a Follow the Women bike ride through Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine.

From their website -

The aims of Follow The Women are to:

* raise awareness of how the current situation in the Middle East affects the lives of women and children in the region,

* show solidarity towards women in the region,

* increase support networks between women all around the world,

* fund a counseling center in Ramallah, Palestine for the victims living in that area of conflict,

* bring an end to violence and suffering in the region.

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posted by Carol at 4:11 PM

3 Comments:

Blogger otowi said...

That is nice, but I think they might improve by including more local women. It does not seem from the pictures anyway that they are much included. I wonder what the local women would think about it and how they would participate. Also, it might be more empowering if they were to wear Islamic dress while riding.

5:44 PM  
Blogger Carol said...

In one of the articles that I linked to, it sounded like there were some in Islamic dress. Yeah, the photo looked pretty white. The articles list the countries that the women came from, I think.

6:02 PM  
Blogger otowi said...

ok thanks!

1:03 PM  

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