as christian says, we must

as christian says, we must discuss. yes indeed my beloved~ i am reminded of grafitti displayed on a Parisian wall in 1968, that read "only the truth is revolutionary" ~ i too feel an impending sense of doom. a mouthful of broken glass, that i woefully conceal beneath my tongue. out in the world today, i saw people mowing lawns, the wind running off with their piles of weeds. i saw children playing tag and hiding behind trees. rich mothers, driving to lunch in their SUVs. shopping. the same trivialities while people in Baghdad flee their homes. i cannot even begin to imagine. but i write from another angle this evening...one that is of such dire importance my own words seem to rest amongst the soiled glass, so i part with this~

"realize that for every ongoing war and religious outrage and environmental devastation and bogus Iraqi attack plan, there are a thousand counter-balancing acts of staggering generosity and humanity and art and beauty happening all over the world, right now, on a breathtaking scale, from flowerbox to cathedral...resist the temptation to drown in fatalism, to shake your head and sigh and just throw in the towel...realize that this is the perfect moment to change the energy of the world, to step right up and crank your personal volume; right when it all seems dark and bitter and offensive and acrimonious and conflicted and bilious...there's your opening. remember magic. and, finally, believe you are a part of a groundswell, a resistance, a seemingly small but actually very, very large impending karmic overhaul, a great shift., the beginning of something important and potent and unstoppable."

~Mark Morford

Posted by at March 21, 2003 12:35 AM

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