Children of San Felix, Venezuela
The word Chaordic strikes me as a good description of my day today, in and our of the gardens. My friend Godsil first introduced me to the word chaordic that refers to a “system that blends characteristics of chaos and order.” Working at the DMZ today with five kids, no other adults and not the right tools, I felt chaordic. There was some chaos but we did plant some salad green seeds and get some of a new raised bed started. Probably the most ordered part of the day was at lunch at the Amaranth Café with Tegan Dowling, the wiki web master of this and many other web pages. As it turns out although she had never met Dave, co-owner of the Café or been there before, she had some web business with him to discuss as he tries to get the Washington Park Beat newspaper online. The most chaos I experienced today was in a conversation with my son at dinner tonight. We have much in common but always present each other with a completely different viewpoint. He taught me about the paradox of life and I keep reminding him about it. A third party listening to our conversation would really think we were having a major disagreement and conflict but actually we really do understand each other, maybe too well.
I meant to take, but did not, pictures of the children working in the DMZ garden today. So the pictures today are from my recent journey to Venezuela. They are children from a very remote village in a very dessert-like area of the country. I understand we were only the second group of visitors from America and Canada to go there, and the children were ready for us with song and gifts. Like the children today at the DMZ garden their faces were full of hope and they wanted to be useful. There will be more about this village and the children on the Risen in Venezuela web page I am creating. But for now they represent children everywhere, living fully in the present. Chaordic to these children is just normal and natural. “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:2–4)
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