Comments on: What Would Lysistrata Do? http://thesocialage.com/blog/2007/05/14/what-would-lysistrata-do-2/ Tue, 22 May 2012 19:58:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Ligia http://thesocialage.com/blog/2007/05/14/what-would-lysistrata-do-2/#comment-10 Ligia Mon, 14 May 2007 15:11:33 +0000 http://thesocialage.com/blog/2007/05/14/what-would-lysistrata-do-2/#comment-10 Susanne-- this is a very wise question, and you have chosen, by design, I think, the peaceful warriors: Ghandi, MLK, Lysistrata. In politics, in war, and in love where is a lot at stake, we go for the big dreams, the untainable, the Prometheus types of tasks, that remind us that we are gods and mortals at the same time. Working to help others is admirable and necessary, and while it stretches our inner vision and generosity, it also gives us the pleasure of forgetting ourselves, forgetting that the world gets better one person at a time. The work begins with us. I propose that we start with small, mundane steps-- the most difficult ones. Lets do for ourselves what we ask of our leaders. We learn control over ourselves, we stand up for ourselves at home and at the office, we ponder the right action in the family and in the world (and sometimes we do the right thing) we recycle, we speak to our Congress representative, we vote, we withold sex (:-)) when appropiate, we give to others when appropriate. Choosing the right action in one's life, as humble an action as it may seem gives one the inner discipline to also choose right in international matters that are highly charged emotionally and that have separated peoples and people since the beginning of time. What is the right action as citizen of the US nation, as citizen of the world, as citizen of my own abode? They may be just one and the same. I have a dream that the world could peacefully change from the inside out. Susanne– this is a very wise question, and you have chosen, by design, I think, the peaceful warriors: Ghandi, MLK, Lysistrata. In politics, in war, and in love where is a lot at stake, we go for the big dreams, the untainable, the Prometheus types of tasks, that remind us that we are gods and mortals at the same time. Working to help others is admirable and necessary, and while it stretches our inner vision and generosity, it also gives us the pleasure of forgetting ourselves, forgetting that the world gets better one person at a time. The work begins with us.

I propose that we start with small, mundane steps– the most difficult ones. Lets do for ourselves what we ask of our leaders. We learn control over ourselves, we stand up for ourselves at home and at the office, we ponder the right action in the family and in the world (and sometimes we do the right thing) we recycle, we speak to our Congress representative, we vote, we withold sex (:-)) when appropiate, we give to others when appropriate. Choosing the right action in one’s life, as humble an action as it may seem gives one the inner discipline to also choose right in international matters that are highly charged emotionally and that have separated peoples and people since the beginning of time. What is the right action as citizen of the US nation, as citizen of the world, as citizen of my own abode? They may be just one and the same. I have a dream that the world could peacefully change from the inside out.

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