Sometimes I find myself at a loss for words…
Some of you may know that I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. What is happening here right now is incomprehensible.
There’s a word – incomprehensible…
I can’t say more without feeding into it all. Which I will not do. The deeper issues that I believe are truly at hand here are too much for me.
But, I would really like to share something that my daughter wrote the other day and shared on her social media platforms. I was so moved by her words. I’m moved by many things these days – my emotions swinging back and forth like a pendulum between two extremes. Beauty, ugliness. Hope, despair. Joy, sorrow. Trust, fear.
She too, my beautiful daughter, has been deeply affected by what is happening, and has weighed whether or not to share her feelings and put them into words out into the world. This is where she ended up…
Written by my daughter. Shared with permission.
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Be the healer that tends to
both sides of the battlefield.
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No one will care what I have to say.
No one, except the people who already share my point of view.
No one I would write for is looking to change their point of view.
Everyone is so used to getting attacked for their beliefs, that they’re living in reaction mode – not listening mode.
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I can’t make anyone see what I see.
I don’t have any control over what’s happening in the world.
I can only control myself.
I can choose what I put out into the world.
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And so, my only offering to anyone who reads this is…
Keep doing good.
Keep being kind.
Keep showing compassion.
Do not let the world harden your heart.
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Let love lead you.
Let love be loudest.
Above anger,
above “being right,”
above reason and logic.
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Even if two people are on opposite sides…
If LOVE is what’s leading them, their path will eventually merge together.
Because love is a bridge.
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Outrage may be the spark for change,
but love is the catalyst for transformation.
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Of course, it’s not “realistic” to
assume everyone will want to
take that path.
But if enough people come together…
If just a few people help make the world a little bit softer, safer – people around them will begin to stop seeing through a lens of fear.
And their vision can clear.
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And that’s how you change hearts,
even if it’s just one at a time.
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Link to her original post on Instagram…
https://www.instagram.com/p/DT2y6-qDjUN/?igsh=cmRieTF1d2h1aTE3
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I titled this post “Love is a Bridge” because that part… made me catch my breath and brought me to tears. I sob as I write it now. Love IS a bridge. And “love is the catalyst for transformation.” Strip everything else away – all the us vs them. We are all one.
Oh, I know, things aren’t that simple, the issues are complex, I don’t have my head in the clouds. But I know truth when I hear it, and love is a bridge…
Thank you for taking the time to read this, my dear blog friends. 💞 Be well, be safe. Believe.
✿~Peace & Love~✿
Ramblings From Jewels 