November 8, 2004
How is one to live a moral and compassionate
existence when one is fully aware of the blood,
the horror inherent in life, when one finds
darkness not only in one's culture but within
oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual
life becomes truly adult, it must be when one
grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts
responsibility for a life lived in the midst
of such paradox. One must live in the middle
of contradiction, because if all contradiction
were eliminated at once life would collapse.
There are simply no answers to some of the
great pressing questions. You continue to
live them out, making your life a worthy
expression of leaning into the light.
~Barry Lopez~
song playing....Easy to Be Hard