Black lives, Gay lives, Mexican lives, Native American lives, women’s lives, men’s lives, all of God’s creations MATTER! When will we learn to see!
If you have to be on top it’s because you fear you are on the bottom. If difference scares you, angers you, makes you uncomfortable, you doubt your own life choices/beliefs.
If we assume we deserve what we have, it’s because we think we are separate from each other; that our work is independent of other’s efforts, of God’s grace. We live as victims in fear of poverty, hell, getting it wrong. We try to rise to the top through control, dominance, wealth…
Race is a myth to rationalize the horrors, the economic benefit to those who are deemed white.
The past has been distorted, not taught, diminished.
Yes, it hurts to see. But we must! And then ask, “What now?” What can WE become if we open to our oneness in God, with nature, to each other, with our inherent goodness. What if we are willing to face our own deepest fears? Is this just a soft naive feminine dream?
Can I not close my heart to those who kneel, who kneel on, who kneel before? Can I not close my heart to those who think their skin, their religion, their beliefs gives them inherent worth? Can I not turn what scares ME into “the other.”
Can I, can we, be more?
We can’t go back to normal. We can’t…….so, what is mine to do now?
Brava Barbara! Yes we can! become more of whom we truly are.
thank you for sharing, Dear One
Just the reminder we all need. It’s a process and there are many distractions but we can do it together!
The truth in your writing is making me cry.
Kneel down and weep before the Lord. What is the color of the soul? What is the color of love? I must accept myself as I am and love myself before I can become able to love another.
I must forgive myself and not forget what I have learned. We are all one. God loves us.
In justice for all, INJUSTICE FOR ALL Just us JUSTUS.