Adversary
The last month has been enlightening to me. I have been lightened, the way has been lit, all things are light and momentary troubles with the bright end of the tunnel in view. And so I asked myself, am I willing really now to surrender all things? The answer, which I am human enough to feel uncomfortable about, is Yes.
It was a simple idea which led me to this. The question has always been, "What is best for those who we serve?" Somehow, the answer has always looked suspiciously like, "Whatever we decide," or "Whatever is not too inconvenient." And it is easy to say that we are resource-poor and cannot afford it, and so many things are inconvenient. It is easy to end up with a definition of 'those who we serve' that really means 'ourselves'.
Well, as I once said to Arthur on a quiet hillside, "If you cannot live with the decisions of society, you have only a few choices: 1) accept them, and forever put your life aside; 2) rebel, and attempt their overthrow; 3) turn aside, and choose not to partake of the chalice again."
There is a fourth choice, as somehow there always is. That fourth choice is to make a new society. Then you would have to make decisions that you yourself could live with. It need not be a society of flesh and blood, or bricks and mortar. Rather, it might be a society of the mind, of the heart, of the will. Where will and power are one, so let it be.
The renewing of your mind is an excellent thing. It is a pity that many who speak of it hold on too fervently to their own mindsets. It just isn't ethical to preach one thing and do another, though. And so, one must step aside and think, and having thought, act on what has been thought.
It was a simple idea which led me to this. The question has always been, "What is best for those who we serve?" Somehow, the answer has always looked suspiciously like, "Whatever we decide," or "Whatever is not too inconvenient." And it is easy to say that we are resource-poor and cannot afford it, and so many things are inconvenient. It is easy to end up with a definition of 'those who we serve' that really means 'ourselves'.
Well, as I once said to Arthur on a quiet hillside, "If you cannot live with the decisions of society, you have only a few choices: 1) accept them, and forever put your life aside; 2) rebel, and attempt their overthrow; 3) turn aside, and choose not to partake of the chalice again."
There is a fourth choice, as somehow there always is. That fourth choice is to make a new society. Then you would have to make decisions that you yourself could live with. It need not be a society of flesh and blood, or bricks and mortar. Rather, it might be a society of the mind, of the heart, of the will. Where will and power are one, so let it be.
The renewing of your mind is an excellent thing. It is a pity that many who speak of it hold on too fervently to their own mindsets. It just isn't ethical to preach one thing and do another, though. And so, one must step aside and think, and having thought, act on what has been thought.
etched with acid at 8:27:00 am
3 Comments:
Hmmm... the irony of the situation that you painted in the last paragraph. I'm probably very guilty of that too.
you were actually one of the few who read revelation 21&22! thank you!
beautiful.
hahaha. must be open minded open hearted and unblinded.
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