Blessed Unrest: Guadalupe Marroquin

Posted At : February 16, 2009 1:00 AM
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Taken from Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken, a Viking Book published by the Penguin Group.

Contributed and read by Guadalupe Marroquin: "I selected this piece because it reflects how I feel about living one's truth." Guadalupe is a first generation Chicana, a wife, daughter, mother and grandmother. She works full-time as the Municipality of Anchorage Election Coordinator and spends her free time volunteering with organizations to improve the environment, diversity, social services, health, and the love of outdoors. REGISTER to vote and then VOTE! www.muni.org/elections

In Blessed Unrest, Paul Hawken writes:

"We are made aware of the proverbial forks in the road of life from an early age. Whether at commencement or from the pulpit, we are told there is a convenient path, and a less traveled road of integrity. ... We face such forks a million times a day, even in the space of a breath. Life is permeated with possibility at every instant. What distinguishes one life from another is intention, the one thing that we can control. Rosa Parks's intentions were deep and unswerving, as were King's, Thoreau's, and Gandhi's.... While the events of the world were out of their control, their resolve was not.

... remember Emerson's moral botany: corn seeds produce corn; justice creates justice; and kindness fosters generosity. ... Individuals start where they stand and, in Antonio Machado's poetic dictum, make the road by walking. For [Thoreau] there were no inconsequential acts, only consequential inaction....

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