"A Desperate Ambition"

one of my favorite writers, former Czech president, Vaclav Havel, gave one of the most insightful speeches i've seen on hatred. i've loaded it at my public doc holding site. you can download it by clicking on the title of this entry.

"Just as a lover longs for the loved one and cannot get along without him, the hater longs for the object of his hatred. And like love, hatred is ultimately an expression of longing for the absolute, albeit an expression that has become tragically inverted."

these words describe how our longing for absolutes leads us to hatred, something very worthy of reflection for fundamentalism in any form. the relationship between the demand for absolutes and the presence of hatred struck me as very, very sobering. the journey of seeking to engage life as it is while not seeking to control life as i meet it is a rather challenging journey. for me, it is itself part of my sacred pilgrimage.

i'll close with one personal point. i try to limit my entries at this blog to be shorter, less comprehensive. however, i only describe the tip of a discussional iceberg. i appreciate those who visit and those who comment. i hope to begin later in the year to create another blog that will be far more extensive and include a library of other stuff i've written, more lengthy in nature. i am so glad i've discovered a place where i can post stuff i've come across. i have literally close to 2,000 other documents on my hard drive covering a broad gamut of stuff. i will post here in a bit my book list as a way of keeping in touch with all those who come to share here.

pax,
jg