she refers to love

“Every initiation brings one to the precipice of death”.

 Frances Weller

I spent the month of March grieving, preparing myself to move into the month of April with an activeness that did justice to the Wood season. I was waiting for change. I thought it would come this month.

tick tick, still waiting..

Our  situation is  bleak, more desperate than I wanted to admit to myself.

I think that one of the only things that will help would be to for everyone to leap into action and start fighting back on every level, on any level.

I read a study once that documented how delayed the reaction time is in an emergency. If the smoke alarms were blaring in the library people will actually slow down, and pick up another book, instead of moving quickly to the fire exits.

Now, the smoke alarms are going off.

In my experience with activism, the process is glacial. People will fight against the good change without the consciousness of knowing why they are resisting. I wish I could shorten this process but I have found that it is impossible. It just takes a lot of patience. 

One thing that I have never been good at is having patience.

You can’t make people change, we all know.

You can change yourself a little bit though. 

My prayer for all of us, is that we can open our eyes and see and speak out and take right action. We can love ourselves and others as much as possible so that a healthy community can be built. 

“Unlike other movements for social change that require joining organizations and attending meetings, we can begin the process of making community wherever we are.” bell hooks

She refers to love.