Sunday, June 05, 2005
Welcome To The Planet
There's been a lot of bad news coming from home. A lot of people close to my family have died.
So you can imagine when I went to my Aikido class (hey--I gotta do something for fun besides this) and saw a card to sign, I assumed the worst.
I was wrong! A couple from Washington DC who come up on occasion to train with us are now parents!
I thought back to when my Nephew was born. I had inventories to do and was on and off my cell phone all day. My mom sounded like Stich from Lilo and Stich, and I was actually at an inventory when he was born.
If only the world these two people came into was a bit better. I fear that a new "Cold War" is brewing. I see a world where power is being more and more closely
consolidated in the hands of a few.
But much like I see possibility in my own life, I see possibility in the world. I see citizens all across the world taking a stand, and joining across borders. I'm a part of this through my other 'blog, and one-half of the couple from the dojo is the head of an interfaith peace and justice center in DC.
As a wise person said--"It's better to light a candle than to complain about the dark". Let's just hope we see a bit more lights. ¶ 6:04 PM
There's been a lot of bad news coming from home. A lot of people close to my family have died.
So you can imagine when I went to my Aikido class (hey--I gotta do something for fun besides this) and saw a card to sign, I assumed the worst.
I was wrong! A couple from Washington DC who come up on occasion to train with us are now parents!
I thought back to when my Nephew was born. I had inventories to do and was on and off my cell phone all day. My mom sounded like Stich from Lilo and Stich, and I was actually at an inventory when he was born.
If only the world these two people came into was a bit better. I fear that a new "Cold War" is brewing. I see a world where power is being more and more closely
consolidated in the hands of a few.
But much like I see possibility in my own life, I see possibility in the world. I see citizens all across the world taking a stand, and joining across borders. I'm a part of this through my other 'blog, and one-half of the couple from the dojo is the head of an interfaith peace and justice center in DC.
As a wise person said--"It's better to light a candle than to complain about the dark". Let's just hope we see a bit more lights. ¶ 6:04 PM
