rowboat? robot!

maybe inspiration is a little better term for some of these than heroes... *my parents-for raising a family with little so that by the time i was around i didnt even know. thank you unions as well for this. *my wife-for putting up with me and being there for me. *my grandma and grandpa maxwell rest in peace. *my friends bobby and ronda for being amazing people, raising up kids "normally" without being "traditional" people. as far as people I dont know... Jesus (not the one full of hate that certain fundamentalists like to talk about, who is that?) Buddha, U Utah Phillips, Thich Nhat Hahn, Gandhi, John Shelby Spong, Ammon Hennacy, Judi Bari, Edward Abbey, Biscuit Turner, Martin Luther King Jr., Woody Guthrie, ... *theres so many-in religion anyone who speaks up against the hatred prevalent in the Church today and stands for the message of love and unity that is the truth in the world, as well as those willing to look for the connections between different faiths that are all leading on different paths t the same goal...in general the Quakers are pretty cool even though theres been some bad seed out of em like richard nixon.. *people that stand up against accepted practices in society that grind us down while offering solutions to lift us back up. Im not saying that there is a set of standards here because i wouldn't be up to them anyways, but there is plenty of inspiration to go around. here is a quote from Tony Campolo that i read from the book If Grace Is True by quakers Phillip Gulley andJames Mulholland "The United Nations reports that over ten thousand people starve to death each day, and most of you don't give a shit. However, what is even more tragic is that most of you are more concerned about the fact that I just said a bad word than you are about the fact that ten thousand people are going to die today."

ammon hennacy and dorothy day

thich nhat hahn and thomas merton