too scared of too much until ...

you should be careful what you read
my mother always said that
she was
and is
a great reader of loads of stuff
mainly romancey novels these days
but it was biography n history n religion n poetry
n ole will shake your sphere
i should a taken her advice today
morning bloog reading led me to SK
and to todays letter from him
and the horror of what we are doing to the planet
the knife edge we find ourselves on
again
we humen beens always do this
we cant seem to live and let be
always riding to the point of near no return
the nuclear race
the wars of 1914 and 1939 and ever onwards
and now its our home we are destroying for bits of coloured paper n
shiny trinkets
the picture we get is dark
so dark
and we know what we should do
but i get in me car in the mornings
n putter me way around
put on the air con when its too hot
almost seems too big a deal for my little life to make much difference
and i am led to despair
for the young prince n poet
for me, cos I like being alive n being in love n all that goes with it
i dont wanna live in a sauna
or have a tough life - cos i'm soft ya know!
its real tear out ya hair stuff
and then
from the silence comes a flicker
an even deeper silence
the mystery beyond even this
do not fear
i am with you
now i'm not trying to convert anyone here
but from my reading of history
even in its darkest most destructive evil moments
hope is never completely lost
love is aways present
good does eventually win out over evil
joy comes n the morning
i gotta hold on to that
i gotta hold onto all of that
cos we got one world right
and if I love it
could not the love beyond me love it too
love it enough to save it?
so i'm in deep mode today
with jesus and the marshwiggle
(if ya dont get that, go and read lewis' the silver chair)
not giving up
reflecting n planning
this calls for action here
i'm good with the words
but gotta do something
like let ya know
read kilbeys blog
talk too each other
we gotta love our place
before its too late
love
me
xxx

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mad Men 101

Thanks to a conservative blog for peace I have become quite intrigued by with US series “Mad men”. For most Australians this is quite an unknown program, the second series being premiered this Sunday night on specialized broadcaster SBS, leaving us well behind the US which is currently airing the fourth series. For those who don’t know, Mad Men takes place in the early 1960’s, varying its setting between the main characters Advertising office workspace, their homes and social lives. As the series progresses we discover that the characters are not at all what they seem, both outwardly and inwardly, as we journey with them through the historical events and changing social patterns which have influenced so much of our modern culture. It is this historical element which captured me. The ways husbands, wives and children inter-related. The constant smoking and drinking. The more relaxed pace of life. Infidelity and the subsequent risks and consequences. Psycho-analysis just beginning
Read more

december heart

my soul is tired but my hands want to keep being busy my mind restless but full of plans the days of christmas and summer stretch before me like fresh paper a beach in winter a monks cell these days of opportunity a paradox to not do: is to heal is to just be: frustrating leaving the year behind and moving forward a challenge. Sleep. Wine. Silence. Prayer. Zen. Friends. Walks. Love. My solution.
Read more

Spiritual Friends - Henri Nouwen

Image
I thought I might write a short series of posts about Spiritual Friends - those writers and people who have influenced my spiritual growth and contributed to my search for God. Henri Nouwen, the Dutch Catholic  priest,  was the first writer who really captured my imagination about what it meant to be a spiritual being and take the search for God seriously.  I can see my life in both before and after discovering Nouwen stages! My dad suggested I read "Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery" with the words. "I think you'll like this. If you do you won't be able to put it down and then you'll want to read all his books!". He was right. I counsumed the book in about two days and then began buying/borrowing/scrounging for more! Loads has been written about Nouwen, and you can get lots of information from the society website. His personal influence in my life really falls into three  - disciplines, community, and freedom.  Disciplines : Henri was big
Read more