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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, November 24, 2007

Thanksgiving, Day 6

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.
- Meister Eckhart

Thank you.

Thank you.

A lot of literature exists that tells us about the "power of gratitude". I have an attitude about that kind of gratitude. If a person is motivated to be grateful because they want something in return - happiness, power, or "abundance" - my opinion (which counts for nothing really) is that that motivation cancels out the gratitude. Wanting something in return for thankfulness is the polar opposite of being truly thankful. I think that it is better to be grateful just because WE ARE SO BLESSED. No matter what, we can find a gift in every situation.

15. Inner strength that we can dig up when we think we have already given all we've got.

14. Angels who risk their well-being to do the right thing.

Man, that one really chokes me up.

13. Full moons, half moons, fingernail moons

12. The bazillions of stars that we can see when we're out in the desert. They are always above us, even when they're hidden by the city lights. We once used them to find our way. Do you think that if we allowed them to show themselves, we'd find our path again?

11. Whispers

10. Kisses

9. Smiles

8. Love

7. Today

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posted by Carol at 12:32 AM

4 Comments:

Blogger Mary said...

14. choked me up too.

5:45 AM  
Blogger otowi said...

Poor boy - and god bless the man for helping him! I hope someone returns the favor.

7:51 AM  
Blogger The Future Was Yesterday said...

Well written insights. I wish more were like you.


"Gratitude is "Thanks!" with an attitude." A TUA
original. Feel free to pass around.

8:47 PM  
Blogger Carol said...

Thank you all for visiting and commenting!

10:49 AM  

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