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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 25, 2009

Is Peace Becoming a Popular Concept?

I swear that I started wondering if I had awakened on the wrong planet this morning. As we stood today in our weekly vigil -with WINTER coats on AGAIN (oh, when will the cold weekends ever end?) - the atmosphere at our corner was like a party.

Never, in the 3 1/2 years that we have stood at this corner, have I heard so many horns honking in support of peace. People were SMILING. A lot! People were waving and peace signing and thumbs-upping. It was amazing and uplifting.

Did something happen to cause this? Something that I missed in the news?

When was the last time that you saw smiles on the faces of most of the people driving down the street?

It was beautiful.

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posted by Carol at 5:21 PM

4 Comments:

Blogger Sometimes Saintly Nick said...

Ours not to reason why, but to celebrate and do a Snoopy dance!

Great news, Carol!

8:21 PM  
Blogger Carol said...

Thanks for the reminder, Nick.

(I'm Snoopy dancing all around the room.)

8:28 PM  
OpenID dancingonabladeofgrass said...

I'm going to want to see that Snoopy dance when I see you!

Is the change due to the Obama effect?

1:35 AM  
Blogger Carol said...

Dancing,

Hmmmmm... Don't know if I can unselfconsciously Snoopy dance in front of an audience. We'll see...

If the change is due to the Obama effect, it's weird because 1) it suddenly happened this week, and 2) this is a conservative area and I've been thinking that conservatives aren't liking him any more now than they did during the elections. Maybe I'm wrong.

Whatever it is, it was nice to see people smiling on a cool, gray day.

7:37 AM  

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