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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
4 Comments:
I've been humming the old anti-war song "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" ever since I heard the report on BBC radio about 3:00 this morning.
I keep thinking how nice it would be is 10s of millions of people sang along.
Nick,
I can't figure out which is more strange- dreaming that all of the world agreed to put an end to war or living in this strange dream where so many think that war is the answer.
But you are right, it would be beautiful if 10s of millions sang along. We'd be so busy singing, we wouldn't have time to fight.
Well, I'll sing with ya...
Grand! I'll accompany us with my guitar.
We'll bowl 'em over - if not with our talent, with our deep commitment to the cause!
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