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Where's the Love?

10/23/2018

I want to invite you to take a radical, revolutionary step with me.
We can all do it, it costs nothing, and you need no equipment or special training.
It doesn't even take more than a few moments of your time and will actually feel good (for you and other people).
And it will literally help defeat the dark forces at work in our world!
Are you in? The simple step is to feed love.
What do you love right now?

Instead of worrying about how the election will go, listen to the heart-centered wisdom of your favorite political figure and let it inspire you.
Instead of imagining the next horrible thing that will happen, enjoy one of the wonderful things available through your senses in this moment right now.
Instead of complaining about the news, find an organization that you love and make a donation (even if it's only a few dollars!), letting the experience fill you with gratitude that there are people doing beautiful things in the world.

Please, share what you love to help us all make the shift!

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Making Change Step by Step

10/9/2018

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Change can be almost unbearably slow

when a child struggles to go to sleep,
when a teen 'forgets' to take out the recycling,
when I get judgmental for the thousandth time even though I know better,
when a neighbor is having trouble finding a job and you know it would be easier if they were white or straight or male or conventionally beautiful,
when clerks at the local store follow black teens around suspiciously,
when schools in white neighborhoods have twice as much money per pupil than schools in predominantly non-white neighborhoods (and taxes are actually much lower),
when women still routinely earn less money than men for the same job while also doing more housework, parenting work, and emotional work in the home,
when the highest courts in the land are stacked for the patriarchy,
when people of color have the same legal rights on paper but completely different 'rights' in the neighborhood, on the road, and in the courts.

And we aren't in control of how this actually plays out even as it's heartbreaking and infuriating, we can do something. We can remember that we are on our way somewhere--that our kids and our culture are growing up and they need our help!

Just as we nurture our children's best selves and our own, we nurture our culture. We choose day by day, moment by moment, conversation by conversation, and vote by vote, the world that we live in. We can't give up on this messy world until it reflects the world in our hearts and souls.

Are you voting? Do you know the local candidates? Let's vote for change.

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