Searching For the Waters of Antiquity

Like a snake in the Garden of Eden, terrorism is slithering down the path once more. Many dates live on in our memories, and the last is looming on the horizon as the anniversary approaches, a date that we as Americans will always remember. Another date that I remember is April 19, 1995, marking the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing. I remember it because I was there on my way to work at a nearby hospital health clinic.

Many of us in the profession volunteered at the large church, a make shift holding area, giving comfort to family members for hope against hope that a loved one would be found.

We live in a world where terrorism intimidates and threatens to strike at the heart of our communities once again. Where world peace eludes us, and keeping up with our stressful daily lives, we find ourselves conditioned to live on the edge of stress and anxiety. Fear is all around us, be it international terrorism, corporate or environmental disaster, or personal tragedy. A day after British ID suspects in terror plot we see more evidence that we lack control, and that even frightens us more.

We juggle between our need to know what is going on, and the constant assaults from the media that create its own havoc with our lives. Where is the peace and joy in living, how do we get control back over our lives? (more…)