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March 19, 2010
The path to this point
I've been aware recently of people looking back on the path that has led them to this point, and being overwhelmed.
They see so much stupidity, so many shameful actions, so many erors! They feel again the disgust, the disappointments and the troubles; and all for what? Did it have to go like this?
If it has been a journey, it feels only like one big detour away from the sweet fields of what is strong and hopeful, and towards the wasteland of foolishness and despair.
Yet maybe it has to be so, for us to become children again, and to start afresh. Maybe we have to unlearn our learning. Maybe we have to sleep badly in order to sleep well? Maybe the path must be allowed.
And whatever else has died, and much has, it isn't the sparrow of hope singing inside you.
Posted by Mr Bojangles at March 19, 2010 12:57 PM