“People can change anything they want to.
And that means everything in the world.
People are running about following their
little tracks - I am one of them. But we've
all got to stop just following our own little
mouse trail. People can do anything - this
is something that I'm beginning to learn.
People are out there doing bad things to
each other. That's because they've been
dehumanised. It's time to take the humanity
back into the center of the ring and follow
that for a time. Greed, it ain't going anywhere.
They should have that in a big billboard across
Times Square. Without people you're nothing.
That's my spiel.”
-Joe Strummer of The Clash, via cameras 4 change
4 comments:
But what do we really want to change? It reminds me of the question that Jesus asked, "What do you want?" Shouldn't the answer have been obvious--the guy wanted to be well...or did he? We get familiar with our illness or limitations and change costs. To change our dissatisfaction has to exceed our comfortability. How odd that we should probably pray, "Lord, make me uncomfortable in the places and ways you want me to change." Amen.
I hear you, DM.
What resonated with me about the quote was how so many people feel that their current circumstances are they only option they have. They don't recognize, at all, that they can be change agents, in themselves and in the wider world.
I don't disagree with you at all. Just coming at it from a slightly different angle.
Wow!
I have so much to say about this post that I just might have to write a post over on my blog. You always, always step forward with the good word. Do you know what I mean? The good word - the gospel... whether literally scriptural or not, it always challenges and points to the truth. I love that about you.
LG... Some day I hope I can meet you face to face, so I can tell you how much your encouragement means to me. I think I'm like you in a lot of ways... I see beauty and Kingdom in unlikely places :)
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