If we are to emerge as human beings from this pandemic and economic insecurity we will do well to submerge ourselves in some basic truth telling.
The reign of fossil fuels is over. The latest message to the folks living in Texas was very clear. Source your food, water and energy locally.
The war on drugs was an abysmal failure. It gave way to exploitive incarceration of people of color and those of lessor means. It opened the door to senseless violence and greed.
The rise of white supremacy and the infiltration into our police and military is not new. Protection of property over people is a right of class. That class employs ruthless tactics and people to maintain control. The unraveling of the commons was an intentional construct to divide us and to protect property.
The belief that “might is right” deems the powerful as unstoppable. But power without humility is devoid of Love and shows itself in dehumanizing ways. Power, without humility, exploits every bit of Creation. Without Love you are an agent of death and creator of your own demise.
But in the midst of the destruction, there are people turning around centuries of injustice. They’re standing on the shoulders of their ancestors and refusing to sacrifice Love and their humanity regardless of outcome. They’re reclaiming human wisdom with compassion and kindness.
You will find us on front lines as Water Protectors, Mutual Aid Workers, Seed Savers, Community Builders and more. We are emerging in every facet of society.
Look around; you have a choice. Continue to prop up the cult of death in its many forms, or give way to the living, because it is our time.
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let kindness win 