February 13th, 2009 by Matt Lindsey
Lost in the snow in Juarez
When you’re lost in the rain in Juarez
And it’s Eastertime too
And your gravity fails
And negativity don’t pull you throughDylan
It wasn’t raining, and Easter is 2 months away, but Bob’s lines melodiously swirled in my head as I tried to capture the snow falling over our city. It was cold and refreshing and for a few moments the dust was subdued by a thin layer of wet snow; it made everything feel peaceful and clean and it bolstered my hope for the border-land and for Mexico.
Rumi said to us: be melting snow and wash yourself of yourself. This has become my prayer and cry for myself and for our world.
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15:16 on February 15th, 2009
So true, Rumi!
19:54 on February 23rd, 2009
Oh my goodness! That is crazy, I never would have thought.
13:41 on February 24th, 2009
rumi is wise and always seems to state his case in weird and abstract ways. but i think most people don’t care to wash themselves of anything except what they’re using soap for. people are comfortable. in their houses with their cars and their computers and their tv’s and their phones. i wish there way to make people care, or see another persons circumstances in such a way as to permanently change their previous perceptions. anyhow, i like your post, who would have thought, snow in juarez!
17:08 on February 24th, 2009
Steve,
I think that the more we really struggle with injustice, look squarely at it in it’s ugly face, the more other people will see that there is something more to life than what society dictates.
Thanks for you words, bro.
10:56 on March 3rd, 2009
Hey guys,
Found the link to the Rick Warren article where he talks about developing a heart for the poor; the one you found in our Reader’s Digest. Here is the link.
http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/rick-warren-man-on-a-mission/article118935.html
Our students are discussing it this week.
I’ll try to keep you up on it a bit.
Aj
20:53 on March 11th, 2009
Thanks for posting this link! Please keep us up on the discussion…