As pointed out by a friend this Diary of Worm has moved away from grounded observations of nature and earth to more ethereal ideas of politics and social change. The purpose of the web site was to bring together the idea of “Nonviolence” with the more grounded reality of growing power as represented by the ‘worm’ or ‘cow’. The balance between the idea, nonviolence, and the earthly reality, the cow, has been difficult to achieve.

Someone today suggested that I withdraw from the world of ideas, political and social change and go deeper inside to a place of inner peace and quiet. I know that withdrawing from the world, like Thomas Merton, could bring peace and silence to my soul, yet the thought goes against my drive to do something and make a difference.

My instinct is to act before I think, and thus to be always doing and not as much being. The doing is things like working on a flyer today to hold our local congresswoman accountable for her war spending votes. The doing is keeping alive the resistance to the militarization of teaching war and violence in our schools. The being part is things like reading and reflecting, planting seeds in the sun room growing power box, praying in silence.

As I said earlier the Diary of Worm has shifted more toward the idea, nonviolent, side. For balance it is time to shift to the reality, cow or worm, side. The seeds I recently purchased go unplanted in the sun room. This might be a good place to start being more grounded. Bring in the seeds!

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