Spreading images of Palestine & Israel to the West Coast of the United States—A Travel Journal—5

More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.
—Dr. Martin Luther [...]

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Spreading images of Palestine & Israel to the West Coast of the United States—A Travel Journal—4

Sometimes with one I love, I fill myself with rage, for fear I effuse unreturn’d love;
But now I think there is no unreturn’d love—the pay is certain, one way or another;
(I loved a certain person ardently, and my love was not return’d;
Yet out of that, I have written these songs.)
—Walt Whitman

From my journal while on [...]

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Spreading images of Palestine & Israel to the West Coast of the United States—A Travel Journal—3

“I’ll go too, I’ll go too”
That’s what he’d say and what he’d do
“Don’t go alone I’ll walk with you
I’ll go too.”
…Someday we all will understand
And we’ll walk right into the Promised Land
But I hope an angel takes me by the hand
And tells me “I’ll go too.”
— Carrie Newcomer (thanks to Sadie Forsythe)
From my journal while [...]

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Spreading images of Palestine & Israel to the West Coast of the United States—A Travel Journal—2

Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility.
—Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild

From my journal while on the road, 6 weeks, Alaska to California and back to Portland Oregon, then home to Cambridge Massachusetts—with 3 new [...]

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Spreading images of Palestine & Israel to the West Coast of the United States—A Travel Journal—1

Our true home is in the present moment. To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.
—Thich Nhat Hanh

From my journal while on the [...]

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