For what seems like forever, I have been sitting at my desk sending out email after email to drum up support for the Parliament House Vigil (August 19).
On average, 60 per day, individually written, no mass mailings.
Whenever my back begins to hurt or my energy begin to fade, I turn to the window on my right, gaze outside for a moment, and am reminded what it is I am trying to protect.
Our children’s future.
The world itself will survive in one form or another. Whether humans will be along for the ride for much longer will depend largely on our collective attitude towards each other and towards all other living beings.
Reverence for all life seems such an easy concept. “Love thy neighbour as thy self” seems an appropriate guide to sustainable living. Doesn’t it?
Last night there was on television a troubling documentary on the secrecy and lies behind the American governments campaign to bomb Iraq. One CIA analyst said that within the CIA, the people who are now in charge of America’s foreign policy were once referred to as “the Crazies”. Intelligence gathering used to be concerned with the truth, he said. Now, it is used to aid and abet what the government wants us to believe. Lies are an essential part of doing business at the White House.
So, I look out to my little patch of trees. The beach and breaking surf is visible through swaying branches. It is all so beautiful.
Worth a sore butt.
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