Sanctuary in the Desert II

It hasn't been exactly my year to burn up cyberspace with scintillating posts.  From the very start, this has been the hardest year of my life, one fraught with crises, uncertainties, and betrayals.  The light has been far off and faint, for most of this year; but still, I continue to work for the positive, and to hope for a return to compassion, caring, and sanity among those who seem to have lost all of the above. 

This year we lost a bright soul.  Mr. Steve Irwin may have been an in-your-face, bombastic kind of guy, but he was much, much more than just a showman/entrepeneur.  He truly CARED about animals, and he showed it at every opportunity.  Though he gave his life for those he loved, many seem to have lost the message and turned on those he loved, holding them "responsible" for his tragic and untimely death.  It is my hope and my prayer that somehow, these and other people will "get it" and help Terri, Bindi, Bob, and the rest of the Irwin family and associates in their battle to SAVE the individuals and species of our earth.  It is the most important battle there is.

On the other hand, we have an execution to look forward to, within 24 hours or so by the media's reporting.  As an opponent of capital punishment (though not, perversely, an opponent of defense of oneself and one's loved ones, or of what I would refer to as Divine Justice, which cannot be meted out by self-righteous, vengeful humans) I do not defend this action, nor do I feel it is justified in the instance in which it is apparently being carried out.  I am sure that if a group of people were convicted of trying to assassinate some other world leader, those persons would receive swift and merciless retribution.  So to execute a man for taking action against a group bent on killing HIM does not seem justified to me.  The old double standard is still at work, sadly.  I guess that's what one risks when one tries to upstage those who brook no opposition in their quest to own it all.    I don't shed tears; but I do question the morality of this sentence.

Finally, may 2007 bring much-needed relief to the many of us who struggle to survive and to maintain our compassion and sanity amid an insane and ruthless climate.  I'm not too big on eloquence; but those who care will feel what I'm trying to say, and join in the prayers for a sea change in thought and action by those who are causing so much suffering to so many.   May it be so.

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