The Economist

I am in despair again, I did a silly thing, I read the Economist. I get REALLY angry when I read the Economist because it makes me feel like there is no hope for our world. Balanced news reporting will do that for you.

And then I read the quote (at the bottom of this page) on another blog I read, and you should too.From the Arch. I am trying to learn that anger is rarely a good thing- and in many ways it should signal that I need to reconnect to God.


This from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the painting,Klimt.

"You are the indispensable agent of change. You should not be daunted by the task before you. You contribution can inspire others, embolden others who are timid, to stand up for the truth in the midst of a welter of distortion, propaganda, and deceit; stand up for human rights where these are being violated with impunity; stand up for justice, freedom, and love where they are trampled underfoot by injustice, oppressiom, hatred, and harsh cruelty; stand up for human dignity and decency at times when these are in desperately short supply."

" Just as we are all meant to be contemplatives and to hear the voice of God in our lives, we are all meant to answer God's call to be His partners in transfiguring the world. This calling, this encounter with God, is always to send us into the midst of human suffering."

I cannot get enough of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cNDSPutas8

Heading home a tad more freckled than usual

Heading home today. It's been a fine two weeks, I feel incredibly blessed to have gotten away and shared some time with good friends. They are dear to me, these people.

I have also been reading a great deal whilst away. I have been dwelling on this idea that we are made good because we are made in the image of God. I grew up in a religion that told me there was nothing good in my humanity and yet as Julia of Norwich writes "my soul is God's dwelling place". I can't imagine a God who would dwell somewhere shabby, well except maybe a stable, okay scratch that. Regardless, as Teresa of Avila describes:
"The soul is like a castle made entirely out of diamond or a very clear crystal, in which there are many rooms, just as in heaven there are many dwelling places... So then, what do you think that the abode will be like where a King so powerful, so wise, so pure, so full of all good things take His delight? I don't find anything comparable to the magnificent beauty of a soul and its marvelous capacity".

Now to de-sand.

I'm sure Freud would have something to say about this...