R.H

The urgent calling of nature longs to be tested, seeks to be challenged beyond itself. The warrior within us beseeches Mars, the god of War, to deliver us to that crucial battlefield that will redeem us into the terrifying immediacy for the moment. We want to face our Goliaths so we may be reminded that the warrior David is alive in us. We beg the war gods to guide us to the walls of Jericho so we may dare the steadfastness and strength of our trumpet call. We aspire to be defeated in battles by powers so much greater than our self, that the defeat itself will make us larger than when we arrived. We long for the encounter that will ultimately empower us with permanent dignity and honor.....do not be mistaken, the longing is there and it is loving and terrible and beautiful and tragic.