It's been over a month since I posted anything here, and so much has changed since beginning the Feri training. So much is about to change.
I have been thinking about ways to challenge the Bush administration's war agenda. They obviously don't give a rat's ass about dissension. Demonstrations don't phase them, congressional disapproval amuses them, and that leaves me wondering what I can do to protest.
I can stop driving my car.
It's a revolutionary concept to me. I've been dependent on having wheels ever since I was legally allowed to drive. I worked after school, and I had to drive to get to work because I grew up in the boondocks. I had to drive to get anywhere outside my piddly excuse for a hometown. The will to drive has been a part of me for so long that I wonder what will happen once I am no longer dependent on a car to get to work.
There is also the problem of road trips. I love road trips. I love the freedom of the road, the sense of adventure being on the road creates. I love being able to pull over and explore at any given moment. And public transportation does not allow me to satisfy my need to roam along the way.
As uncomfortable as I am with the idea, I aim to redesign my way of life so that I am no longer a gas-guzzling American. The Oil President and his Oil-Slick of a VP can take their oil and shove it.
I don't want it anymore.
1 comments:
Hi Willa! Great o hear from you.
It's hard in Telluride to live without a car. Come to DC. I haven't missed my car a bit in the 3-1/2 years since I gave it up.
How did you land in Telluride? Who are you studying Feri with? Good luck with the study. It's a difficult path.
Hope you're well and happy.
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