Good morning, Beloved. Deep calls to deep. Where is that from in the Bible? Will have to look it up.
Ah, yes!
All night was dreaming of the dearly departed, memories triggered by the recent turmoil coinciding with "anniversaries" of trauma I experienced. Also saw a National Geographic documentary DVD about Denali with Dad before going to bed. The last part of the film showed mountain climbers and tallied up
accidents. Up to the time that the program was made, 43 climbers had fallen to their deaths including an F-15 pilot friend of mine. Mark was climbing with two other pilots and a brother of one pilot. We lived off base in Eagle River and the CH-3 "Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopters flew over our house in the dead of night on the way to Denali.
Mark had slipped and fallen 2,000 ' while they were making camp. They had hoped to reach the summit the following day.
Several weeks later Mark's only child, a daughter, was born.
For all you guys who have gone before us and are still with us in Spirit -- and for all my women friends who are now on the other side of the veil, too, I will remember you.
(Sorry to be maudlin, Beloved.)
We need to turn prayers for peace and non-violence into deliberate action, united with one another, not divided.
Earlier in the evening Dad and I were watching the first episodes of Ken Burn's "The Civil War.". I was struck by a quote from Lincoln from the 1850's. (Will look it up to be sure.)
He wrote or said that our nation, based on our ideals, not on territory or ethnic heritage can never be defeated from the outside. Only a kind of suicide because of inner strife can defeat us.
What would it take to bridge the gaps?
There is such a spirit of domination and oppression working in the rise of groups intent on hatred and violence to remain in power.
Do you think sometimes that they are afraid of being treated as they have treated others.
Starting in each heart, if only there was a will to guarantee every other person the liberties, opportunities and peace each of us desires for our selves, our families, and our communities, that would be a start.
No one deserves the blessings of freedom: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness if that person is denying the same to others.
When we sow hatred, we reap oppression and violence.
When we sow bigotry, we reap soul death.
When we sow greed, we reap poverty, disease and death.
When we sow domination, we reap destruction.
We have never, ever lived up to the vision of our forbears. The more we count on violence and the threat of violence and engender fear, the closer we get to completely losing the possibility of fulfilling our heart's desires.
Enough is enough.
We can't let sick, paranoid greed-obsessed people continue to be the rule-makers. The trials to come are so heinous as to be indescribable.
The course we have stubbornly set upon, justifying our selves along the way puts our generations and our posterity at great risk.
Since the first human being had the heart to pick up rocks to kill another human being, violence and death have prospered. No from the first slingshot and spear, every weapon that has been developed has been used.
If used, the kinds of weapons we have today will not destroy the Earth, but can go a long way toward destroying most life and certainly all of humanity.
If you think the 20th century was bad, just wait to see all that has already been put into motion.
But I believe that with God's help, changed hearts and actions that have peace and justice for all as their goal, that we can turn the tide.
For our children's sakes and for their children's sakes we MUST.
Mark had slipped and fallen 2,000 ' while they were making camp. They had hoped to reach the summit the following day.
Several weeks later Mark's only child, a daughter, was born.
For all you guys who have gone before us and are still with us in Spirit -- and for all my women friends who are now on the other side of the veil, too, I will remember you.
(Sorry to be maudlin, Beloved.)
We need to turn prayers for peace and non-violence into deliberate action, united with one another, not divided.
Earlier in the evening Dad and I were watching the first episodes of Ken Burn's "The Civil War.". I was struck by a quote from Lincoln from the 1850's. (Will look it up to be sure.)
He wrote or said that our nation, based on our ideals, not on territory or ethnic heritage can never be defeated from the outside. Only a kind of suicide because of inner strife can defeat us.
What would it take to bridge the gaps?
There is such a spirit of domination and oppression working in the rise of groups intent on hatred and violence to remain in power.
Do you think sometimes that they are afraid of being treated as they have treated others.
Starting in each heart, if only there was a will to guarantee every other person the liberties, opportunities and peace each of us desires for our selves, our families, and our communities, that would be a start.
No one deserves the blessings of freedom: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness if that person is denying the same to others.
When we sow hatred, we reap oppression and violence.
When we sow bigotry, we reap soul death.
When we sow greed, we reap poverty, disease and death.
When we sow domination, we reap destruction.
We have never, ever lived up to the vision of our forbears. The more we count on violence and the threat of violence and engender fear, the closer we get to completely losing the possibility of fulfilling our heart's desires.
Enough is enough.
We can't let sick, paranoid greed-obsessed people continue to be the rule-makers. The trials to come are so heinous as to be indescribable.
The course we have stubbornly set upon, justifying our selves along the way puts our generations and our posterity at great risk.
Since the first human being had the heart to pick up rocks to kill another human being, violence and death have prospered. No from the first slingshot and spear, every weapon that has been developed has been used.
If used, the kinds of weapons we have today will not destroy the Earth, but can go a long way toward destroying most life and certainly all of humanity.
If you think the 20th century was bad, just wait to see all that has already been put into motion.
But I believe that with God's help, changed hearts and actions that have peace and justice for all as their goal, that we can turn the tide.
For our children's sakes and for their children's sakes we MUST.
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