Our security doesn't come from turning away from the hard stuff; it comes from the knowledge that we can handle it.
If we're constantly suppressing our strong, heavy emotions - like fear and anger and outrage and sadness - it weakens us. But when we're not afraid to confront the hard emotions - when we don't turn away from the pain and the suffering of the world - it builds the confidence that we can do whatever we need to do.
Alienation is perhaps the most effective tool of control in America, and every reminder of our real connectedness weakens that tool.
Respond to stressful times by turning towards each other, rather than away from each other.
We need actions that are really coming from people's souls.
Civil disobedience is an act of love.
Until our leaders take seriously their responsibility to pass on a healthy and just world to the next generation, I will continue this fight.
- Tim DeChristopher
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