The Greatest Deprivation of All ~ Bessa Kautz
June 22 2011
Fasting for Shane and Josh has given me time to think about deprivation. I know in two days I’ll be able to eat and drink anything I want, it’s so temporary. I imagine Shane and Josh sitting in their cells day after day not having any control over what they put in their bodies, what they see every day. Every book and letter and movie and music is censored. Every morsel of food or sip of water is given to them rationed by powers that make no sense. It is an exercise in humility and patience every day for them.
The greatest deprivation of all is to not see your loved ones, to not know when you are going to see them again. Waiting two days to eat is so much easier visiting my sisters, my friends, laughing with my co-workers. It reminds me how little the body needs and how much the heart needs. Shane and Josh have been feeding their hearts with memories and thier own friendship for almost 2 years now. And with, I imagine, sweet anticipation for an amazing future of love and laughter that begins the day their unjust imprisonment ends!
~ Bessa Kautz
NB: For more information on the rolling hunger strike for Shane & Josh and how you can join in, see http://bit.ly/SSJfast
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