Testimonial - Richard Doiron
Fighting the good fight - Richard Doiron, poet
In my estimation, Carol Desjarlais is a shining example of what principled means.
It has been my pleasure and privilege to know this woman and to have an ongoing
exchange of ideas with her for quite some time now.
There is mystery in this person also. Visionaries are like that. It goes beyond
introspection, into grasping that which is unseen also. Adhering to the ideal that
the truth indeed sets us free, this person leaves no stones unturned in her quest
to know and to set the record right. Meanwhile, allowing for human limitations, she
also very adroitly makes allowances for all of our faux pas.
The “teacher” knows the role of the pupil self, and Carol Desjarlais lets others speak
with equal enthusiasm, allowing that they are here to teach her as well. The project
we call life then becomes a matter of mutual exchanges. In this approach, naturally,
we find the wisdom of the ages:
to accept that there are limits is to see the disintegration of such limits, opening
the portals into the forever expanse. Carol Desjarlais knows there is no end to the
learning process, that atoms indeed do spin into infinity. Perhaps there is nothing
new under the sun, merely a rearranging of things, but we yet need reminders of
such things, and our poets and prophets have their ways of sparking enlightenment.
The truths captured and expounded upon by this person, Carol Desjarlais, are the
stuff of life, from the mundane to the majestic. There is never-ending candor found, yes,
but there is also a fair portion of humor and lightheartedness implied. Forever seeking
to attain a balance, a connection made between all things, and all things being
equal (in what they are), much has to be absorbed from such an absorbing source.
It is to do ourselves justice to enshrine the doctrine of justice into all of our
affairs, and this one fights the good fight.
Share the journey with Carol Desjarlais. It’s good for the soul. But, then, it’s
a wide path upon which she treads, one that allows for the footsteps of others
along the way.
Richard Doiron,
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
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