I am ready... I am ready to embrace love again. I am ready to spread love
again. The kind that floats in the air and settles into the hearts of the
unsettled. I am ready to stand with my community and help that love to grow
- exponentially.
Today with the news of how many people are in the throws of denying human
rights to others I am taken aback and reminded that I am the change that I
wish to see in the world. Gandhi said it and lived it. I am
reminded that through his life, Gandhi saw the beginning seeds of human
rights in his country, he saw the growth of human rights and he saw the
push back from those who stood in fear of those human rights. He then saw
the implementation of those human rights at the end of his life. He was
the change.
I am no where near the level of divinity and social consciousness
of Gandhi, but I am the center of my own little world and I must be the
change - I must be the love.
We are, right now, in this lifetime, experiencing the tipping point of
great change. Those who hold the power are living in fear of loosing
their privilege, of leveling the playing field and finally having to
compete equally. Mirrors are a difficult thing to have thrust upon you,
as they destroy the fantasy you have build up for so long. We are all
looking in uncomfortable mirrors where we are always the good guy.
Human rights are uncomfortable and messy. When you offer them to
everyone, especially those unlike you, it's difficult to wrap your brain
around their life circumstances. When you do not believe as they do, love
as they do or have lived the victimization they did, how can you relate?
How can you create the empathy needed to offer them these rights without
judgement? It is easy to say "Someone needs to do something" or "That's
just not right", but the true power of being the change you wish to see in
the world is to actually do something, or stand up when hate is louder than
love.
I apologize today to all of those people I did not stand up for.
I apologize for all the hate I allowed to pass by me without comment or
push back. I am practicing to get better. I am stepping into the world
of change one foot at a time and I ask that you remind me when I am
retreating.
Because today, I am ready to embrace love again.
Jacki Smith;
Enchantress, President and Trouble Maker
Coventry Creations, Candle Wick Shoppe and Type 40 Sales
The Seed of Magic are found in your imagination and planted in your deeds.
Jacki Smith;
Enchantress, President and Trouble Maker
Coventry Creations, Candle Wick Shoppe and Type 40 Sales
248-545-8360
The Seed of Magic are found in your imagination and planted in your deeds.
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