EVENTS IN PARIS, AND THE PRICE OF BUSY-NESS
January 11, 2015
I’ve joined the global crowd in
being riveted by events since the mass shooting at Hebdo, including today’s
mass rally in Paris against terrorist threats to free speech. I keep listening for voices of larger
perspective than free speech vs. indignation at using hate speech to inflame
anti-immigrant sentiment. Today on the
onbeing.org website, I found my most informative discussion so far, a blog post
by Omid Safi, at http://onbeing.org/blog/9-points-to-ponder-on-the-paris-shooting-and-charlie-hebdo/7193
. This is the kind of understanding
which reframes national security, and for what matter police-community debates.
While at the “On Being” website
(I listen to the program religiously), I also found a wonderful portrayal of
the problem of needing to stay so busy that our children, let alone our adult
selves, have no time to get acquainted, to play, by Safi again, on “the disease
of being busy,” at http://onbeing.org/blog/the-disease-of-being-busy/7023
.
I read Safi’s essays after
listening to this week’s conversation between host Krista Tippett with Courtney
Martin and Parker Palmer on “the inner life of rebellion,” at http://onbeing.org/program/parker-palmer-and-courtney-martin-the-inner-life-of-rebellion/7122
. I find comfort in their company; I
call my rebellion “peacemaking.” This
blog post of mine is for listening to others, and sharing with you. Love and peace, hal
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