“ When you ’ re training for this , you joke about it , you can ’ t wait for the real thing . Then when you see it , when you see the real thing , you never want to see it again .” ~ Capt . Sal Aguilar ( standing in a field with dead Iraqis all around him )
But what does this all have to do with us ? What can we really do to make a difference ; what can we do to help end this madness ? Very little , of course … Our votes are not going to change our government ’ s policies ; that has been proven over and over again for the past several decades . And the angry words of Occupy Wall Street are clearly raining down on deaf ears …
AND YET , no one “ in power ” can stop us from being the change we wish to see … No one can stop us from creating the Caring Community in which we wish to live :
* No one can stop me from being Kind to strangers … * No one can stop me from championing forgiveness … * No one can stop me from selflessly serving the poor …
For if I cannot stop war abroad , at the very least I will make Peace at Home … Please go forth today and help me make it happen .
LOVE is the Revolution , my Friends … … got LOVE ?
“ Revolutionary subordination exposes the evils of power and violence without mirroring them – by gently allowing them to destroy themselves … and then rising above the ruins .” ~ Shane Claiborne
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