Central Park Dreams

The park keeps drawing us, the Spirit is there and she keeps inviting us to find her, re-awaken her.  Central Park is right across the street from us - long neglected by city planners,  once the exclusive domain of IV drug users, earlier it was unemployed vets playing checkers, now so many pedestrians walking through.  It's either a big cul-de-sac or actually the vital hub of the city.  David, my colleague / co-conspirator tells me that when the water was still running in the fountain, the women from the neighbourhood would gather and do their washing there.  It was the well.  Think of it.  High rises all around, women coming down, gathering to do their washing, talking, connecting.  Talk about a hub.  A vital healthy centre.  I keep dreaming about that well.  Keep wondering. . . is it possible?  Can we reclaim it?  Can part of the the Central Park renewal centre around this?  Jesus & the woman at the well.  The image keeps haunting me.  Is there a call here?   

Comments

[Jamie Arpin-Ricci]

Whether it can happen again or not, I feel compelled to try!

Peace,
Jamie

[ron]

So many thirsty people out there Bill, it would be awesome to reclaim the the well like Jesus did with the woman from Samaria. Dreams become vision, and vision becomes reality...continue to dream big dreams Bill and Jamie.

[theoldbill]

this post is a bit old now - so you may not catch this bit, Jamie, but a couple of us were talking about your comment [which, btw, meant a lot] and weren't sure if by compelled you meant in a spiritually-supportive-go-for-it kind of way or a hey-I'd-like to-get-involved-kind-of-way. If it's the latter, give me a call, let's talk - we're putting together a team now. Even if it was the former, give me a call sometime, I'd love to connect over coffee.