Beyond Impossibilities
This fast has taken me to the prison camps of the Civil War, to Andersonville and Elmira where thousands starved and died of unnecessary illnesses.
This fast has taken me to the Trail of Tears of the Cherokee and the Navajo. In 1864 the Navajo, already starved and dying, surrendered to the US forces when told they would be given food and water. Thousands arrived only to be marched 350 miles over 23 days without food and water -men, women, and children. When anyone fell they were shot to death.
This fast has taken me to Auschwitz and the other death camps of World War II and beyond. Feeling just a little of the impossible horrors forced upon millions. Seeing their loved ones die and be killed right before their eyes, there are no words that could ever capture the numbness and desolation.
This fast has taken me to the other genocides of every continent. Millions and millions senselessly executed, leaving what for the executioners?
These age old senseless acts are still too present. They still seem too impossible to resolve. And yet, again, what can we do as individuals to stop this blind violence once and for all.
Some, right now, are making heroic steps. Some pour themselves daily, headlong, into the impossible regarding these situations, against overwhelming odds. They are, however, bringing light and change no matter what.
And perhaps that is exactly what we're meant to do in our own lives To increase our heroic efforts and pour ourselves, daily and headlong, into and beyond our own impossibilities. Against overwhelming forces and issues - health, relationships, work and finances. By clarifying our intentions and resolve, we can bring greater changes in our lives, our communities and the world.
No matter what has occurred, or what is happening now, we can turn it on a dime and bring in a new paradigm of active compassion, peace, and wellness. As the saying goes "Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me!".
In Deep Devotion,
Greg Lynn
