James Lawson
Do you know who he is? If you don't you should, he's pretty freaking amazing...full of Grace, experience, life, love, and peace- and embodiment of what I can only hope and dream to one day be.
Anyway, his recent visit prompted a question- if only peace begets peace, and justice and freedom cannot be won through war, AND if we have a seemingly endless road ahead of us before peace and justice can be reached, what roles do each of us play in getting there. Clearly, it is a struggle to obtain any semblence of justice and equality, a continuous ebb and flow of violence, battles, and peace. That being said, do we each play a vital role in reaching that ultimate conclusion? Are the 'enemies' of peace, the Dick Cheney's and the W's and the Osama's and the Pat Robertson's and all the rest who continue to perpetuate hate, violence, and war, just as crucial as the Ghandi's and MLK's? Clearly the struggle for justice is real, and it seems, at least to me, that there is continual, though very slow progress, it will never happen over night, so maybe we need those perpetuators to keep us motivated, keep the fire at our feet, and keep us fighting. Maybe we aren't really enemies in the way we often thing we all are-maybe we are all just critical players in something bigger, something more ultimate. It's something to ponder...I just don't know.
On a completely different note...to all of you who keep telling me to post more- there will be no more posts until I get some freaking comments. Clearly you have things to say; you keep saying them to me outside of the blog. Say them in the blog, it makes blogging more fun. Jeeez... :0)
And just for fun...wrench.
Anyway, his recent visit prompted a question- if only peace begets peace, and justice and freedom cannot be won through war, AND if we have a seemingly endless road ahead of us before peace and justice can be reached, what roles do each of us play in getting there. Clearly, it is a struggle to obtain any semblence of justice and equality, a continuous ebb and flow of violence, battles, and peace. That being said, do we each play a vital role in reaching that ultimate conclusion? Are the 'enemies' of peace, the Dick Cheney's and the W's and the Osama's and the Pat Robertson's and all the rest who continue to perpetuate hate, violence, and war, just as crucial as the Ghandi's and MLK's? Clearly the struggle for justice is real, and it seems, at least to me, that there is continual, though very slow progress, it will never happen over night, so maybe we need those perpetuators to keep us motivated, keep the fire at our feet, and keep us fighting. Maybe we aren't really enemies in the way we often thing we all are-maybe we are all just critical players in something bigger, something more ultimate. It's something to ponder...I just don't know.
On a completely different note...to all of you who keep telling me to post more- there will be no more posts until I get some freaking comments. Clearly you have things to say; you keep saying them to me outside of the blog. Say them in the blog, it makes blogging more fun. Jeeez... :0)
And just for fun...wrench.
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