Fred Gillen Jr.

Fuel for the Revolution

The following are writings which are not revised because they are meant to let the reader into my thought process directly and without any censoring. Think of these writings as my half of a conversation with you. We were having coffee somewhere and one of these topics arose and I felt comfortable enough to express how I felt to you. Feel free to email responses to these writings and please feel free to refer to them by their numbers in order to avoid confusion. I realize this section of the site may arouse controversy, anger, etc... and I think that this is what the first amendment of our great constitution is all about!

God

God lives in my heart but I am too close to see him there. I have to learn to see God in the hearts of others. When I was a child I had the innocence of my connection to God in my heart, and I lost that with experience. I am getting it back by accepting others and learning to see God in them. This makes me cry more then I ever cried but it also makes me laugh more then I ever laughed. The quakers talk about the "light" of God. I guess as I grow better able to accept others as they are and see God in them, I better reflect that great light back out into the world. To accept others I need to accept myself and not dwell on my shortcomings, but acknowledge them and forgive myself.

Wednesday, May 14th 2008

==>05/14/2008     God
 02/24/2008     broke
 02/11/2008     HOPE MACHINE
 01/6/2008     Dennis Kucinich
 12/27/2007     NYPD
 10/4/2007     Mitakuye Oyasin
 05/21/2007     The Past
 04/15/2007     Kurt Vonnegut, Indian Point
 10/8/2006     God
 06/26/2006     From the Pe Sla -the heart of the heart of Lakota sacred land -the Black Hills of South Dakota
 06/5/2006     Mowing The Lawn
 03/24/2006     Gone Gone Gone
 02/25/2006     grace
 09/26/2005     Sky To Mountain
 09/22/2005     Love
 09/14/2005     Look Down
 04/19/2005     April 2005
 01/27/2005     Poverty
 01/11/2005     Grace
 12/3/2004     Standing Up 2
 12/1/2004     Tired
 11/29/2004     Standing Up
 11/29/2004     Mercy
 09/18/2004     Beaten
 08/7/2004     Half Full
 07/16/2004     Hallelujia!
 07/16/2004     Battered Feathers
 03/14/2004     gifts
 03/1/2004     Ancestors
 03/1/2004     A Prayer
 12/24/2003     "The Bomb"
 05/16/2003     Safe
 05/16/2003     Satan
 05/5/2003     Faith, Hope, Love
 03/10/2003     Tatoo
 02/11/2003     Folk Music is alive and well!
 01/13/2003     Revolution
 01/2/2003     January 2003
 11/17/2002     FEAR
 11/9/2002     Election Day
 10/30/2002     Election Day
 10/14/2002     Checkpoint Charlie
 06/17/2002     Revolution
 06/3/2002     Gold
 06/3/2002     WAGE LOVE!
 06/3/2002     Mercy
 06/3/2002     New World Order?
 04/4/2002     Real?
 04/4/2002     Billboards
 04/4/2002     Faith
 03/22/2002     Living into the 21st century
 03/22/2002     Comfort
 03/22/2002     Barren Ground
 03/22/2002     Dreams
 03/14/2002     March 11, 2002
 02/25/2002     Germany
 12/14/2001     NOW
 09/19/2001     September 11, 2001
 08/6/2001     #5 Taking Responsibility
 07/12/2001     Television
 06/11/2001     #3: Sprawl
 05/16/2001     #2
 05/16/2001     #1


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