Momentum

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Today's run on the same Griffin loop was much tougher than yesterday. No active storms, lots of blustery winds and very high heat and humidity gave me plenty to work against, the active resistance making me dig deep to keep up an active gait for a few stretches up Emerald Hills, 35th...walking the last mile home.

My thoughts have been deep into the process of change we are undergoing. When I saw Mom on Sunday, she was tucked into her little bed for a nap; we exchanged a few "i love you's" and small talk before I left, as if I was watching her curling up inside herself, ready to launch anytime into the next world. How does the body disconnect from the mind's control? Or is it the body which digs in and demands presence in life? I'm reading research on the brain which proves to me that we are so clueless about how the interplay between the seen and unseen forces in life interact. What drives us forward? How does this next generation, my children, see a future when all around them is the devastation of their world? Once the momentum of hope is in motion, can it be taken out from under us?

Watching HBO's Gasland last night; if you missed it, find it on the web. When I was a kid in the midst of suburban development which stole every bit of natural land away, I was keenly tuned to this loss. At mid-life I see nothing has changed. From Rachel Carson to Loren Eisley, to the many expressive activists working to make The Shift a reality, the voice of Mother Earth has been out there. Has the Gulf disaster finally given it a megaphone...and can enough 'shift' happen to save ourselves from the destruction we so carelessly court?

Momentum comes from 'practice', from the consistent application of your discipline of choice, whether you find it in self-help, religion, service, neighbors, love or work, whether your 'mission' speaks to you in traditional- or non-traditional- channels... we are summoned to our life to choose sides. Will you go blindly into the vortex of black doom, letting the industrial pirates prevail? Or will you find your way into the Eden which is our birthright, our mandate, the necessary place to put things right? Never believe you are powerless...once in motion, you are unstoppable. It may take time to build endurance, but the inner strength is there, amplified by millions like you who search for their own good road.