Lawyers and courts are busy these days. Seems there’s a never-ending supply of the United States government’s illegal activities. From bombing supposed Venezuelan “narco terrorists” in the Caribbean; to ICE raids on US citizens, innocent migrants and non-whites; the amnesia surrounding due process; and the absurd pronouncement of antifa as an organization and not as an organizing principle, we have created quite a predicament.
How’s your sanity these days? Are you hiding until it’s over, whatever that will mean, or are you finding resourceful and creative ways to hang onto your humanity? Because make no mistake we are existing through some interesting times. And you know there is curse that says, “May you live in interesting times”. What would make living and pondering “interesting times” a curse?
Well, if you still debate good and bad, if you still waffle about is it or isn’t it a genocide, then you are suffering the curse of interesting times. And I only know one way out of that curse. Are you a human being or not? Are you capable of empathy or not? Do you recognize the power that you carry as an individual with choice as a weapon, or not?
Are you willing to leave a legacy of indifference that will burden your children’s children? Or do you recognize you have not only a responsibility but also a duty to be the very best human being you can possibly be – even in these “interesting times”.
Can you shed the cloaks of separation? Identities that serve only those who wish to continue the power grab of divide and conquer? Or can you envision the power of unity?
The use of the phrase “us and them” is a tool of the ignorant. To understand and utilize the word “we” is a step into power. Being human, my friends, is our way out.
And keep a good sense of humor…
For those who like to understand the root of words and phrases: May You Live In Interesting Times – is not a Chinese curse as generally supposed – but interesting origins nonetheless.
let kindness win 