Listening

Toronto 9 (2013. 10.27), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The more we listen to the voices of others, voices unlike our own, 
the more we remain open to the transcendent forces that save us from idolatry. 
The more we listen to ourselves, the more we create God in our own image 
until God becomes a tawdry idol that looks and speaks like us.

Chris Hedges, Losing Moses On The Freeway: The 10 commandments in America

Where we are

Direction in the snow, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The first step toward the capacity for hope is 
     the recognition of where we are. 
     If we refuse to recognize where we are, 
     then everything we do is futile. 

        Chris Hedges

Hope

Dec. 28, '12, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Hope has a cost. Hope is not comfortable or easy. Hope requires personal risk. Hope does not come with the right attitude.
Hope is not about peace of mind. Hope is an action. Hope is doing something. ...
Hope demands for others what we demand for ourselves. Hope does not separate us from them. Hope sees in our enemy our own face.

Chris Hedges, Real Hope Is About Doing Something, truthdig

The Myth of War

RCC_9693, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The myth of war is essential to justify the horrible sacrifices
     required in war, the destruction and the death of innocents.
     It can be formed only by denying the reality of war, by turning
     the lies, the manipulation, the inhumanness of war into heroic
     ideal. 

        Chris Hedges, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning