A Wrinkle In (Our) Time

We shall not cease from exploration, 
and the end of all our exploring 
will be to arrive where we started 
and know the place for the first time.  ~ T. S. Eliot

Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man, That he didn't, didn't already have... ~ Dewey Bunnell (America)

All time travel whether real or imagined is about discovering where you already are.  Our church book group just finished reading and discussing the classic tale of time travel, A Wrinkle In Time.
Even though the book was written more for adolescent readers its themes are universal:  overcoming fear and darkness with love and light, succumbing to and resisting the temptation of comfortable conformity, and discovering one's true identity and self-worth.

Because the story is universal, it is also relevant today as individuals, nations, and humanity struggle with who we are and how we are to live. Dark forces have come into prominence through "populist" movements obsessed with security and conformity. Leaders motivated by greed for wealth and power and led by amoral values exploit the insecurity and fear of the masses through propagandized media that also amass wealth and power.

Predictably enough, just as the resistance of Meg in A Wrinkle in Time overcomes the darkness (IT),  the youth of our country and the world are taking to the streets against the darkness of our day! Unfortunately, many of my generation have forgotten the passion, hope, truth, justice, and love that took us into the streets of our youth. Too many, like Charles Wallace, have been hypnotized by the IT of our time.

Perhaps the call of today's youth to the "adults" of the world is again a "wrinkle in time" to what really matters in this life - love!

The wolf shall live with the lamb,
   the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
   and a little child shall lead them.      ~ Isaiah 11:6