It is not hard to sit on the porch and bitch, curse and mumble "fuck China" - liberate the red robed monks of Tibet, screw ethanol when half of the world is still starving, and food for the west ... or the rest, gets exuberantly expensive due to miscalculations by bureaucrats.
It is not hard to follow such lead, like the scent a dog would pick up.
What is hard is to keep composed, to see any light at the end of the tunnel.
The real torch is not a physical thing, run around the globe to end in Beijing.
That flame can be swiftly put out by any fire extinguisher. Re-ignition means nothing.
The flame we need today is of different nature. It burns persistent and forever, protected in the inner sanctuaries of our own being. Are we bold enough to let it show?
Humanity these days has one basic flaw: We have given up to hold the real torch and
paddle instead in a canoe that turns in circles. The vista is flattering, but reality draws different images, the ones we do not wish to see.
It is time to find new shores and let "the inner torch" burn bright.
So is my thinking, "on the porch" - during sunset, tonight.
Monday, April 14
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12 comments:
...yes, the right think, Zee
the Humanity not act with a "for all"
attitude
never did that
is more like moves in groups thing
going nowhere
That's a beautiful photo, Zee.
Here's to lighting the torches to shine brighter and to paddling the canoes to reach a destination.
REVERB your profile draws a blank, and my Alzheimers is getting worse.
Give me your blog address AGAIN!
Oh yeah, thanks for your comment also, even though it was as pessimistic as only I can dream.
I'll be back there in May. Wanna take a trip North Nova?
i think we'll be seeing more of china in the years to come. money talks. what can't be done with brute force will be attempted with coin of whatever realm they choose to infulence. pessimistic, but there's not enough sand out my back porch to bury my head in...
and the view from your back porch is lovely.
gFiddler - it was the backpoarch of my host while I did a teaching block on the island of Vinalhaven ME.
I only wish it was "mine" :)))
...Zee,
www.customshapes.blogspot.com
Wonderful picture fuelling profound thoughts.
I am glad to hear that you "fueled" by my post Susan, heck - it costs nothing and is free!
Thanks Reverb, I finally found my Bookmark button - no more panic in the future.
If I were religious, I'd shout "AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!"
Shit, I'll shout it anyhow. AMEN TO THAT BROTHER>
You shout, religious or not Gary.
The inner torch must burn, thats all I know.
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