#blacklivesmatter #bluelivesmatter #alllives matter
All lives matter.
I woke up at 4:30am in a cold sweat, my sheet had somehow wrapped itself tightly around my body. Mummylike, immobile. When I blinked, my eyelids ached and slowly my awareness drifted down through my bones until I accepted that I was ill.
The last thing that I had read before turning out the light was of the ambush in Dallas. I had rolled onto my back, staring into the darkness. Helpless then, also. My sadness broke my body in two.
“How much longer will it be?” I whispered towards the lowing moon. Is this the apex of our shredded state? Through this roiling hatred, I don’t recognize my country anymore. And how I chewed on those words like dice rattling, too similar, too recent.
And yet,
amidst the stillness I could feel my heart opening like ghost blooms unfolding with silent stealth,
I choose Love.
I choose Unity.
I choose Faith.
I choose Hope.
I believe. Like petals pushing on my burning forehead, open.
Tell me we are together in this and I will take it as a balm.
For I know you to be true and that is healing, our humanity.
Change will come.
You've chosen well, dear Heather.
You said it, Heather! Beautifully. I all too frequently do not recognize my country, which seems to be getting more polarized with each passing year. I've been in France now for over 7 years and see America through diferent eyes. Is it really "worse" than when I came here. Unfortunately, it would seem so. How do we reverse this destructive trend? There are so many of us who feel as you do, how is it that those who react with violence and hatred are able to highjack our world? Thanks for your soothing words.
bonnie in provence
I so loved your sentiments. After all the incidents of racial hatred in Britain after the Brexit (makes me shamed to call myself British – not that I often do as I prefer to let people know that I am Scottish); the shootings in the USA and closer to home the various suicide bombers here in Saudi Arabia -like you I am in despair as to what is happening in this world of ours. Why is there so much hatred and anger? I don't have the answers but like you (and I hope the majority of people) I continue to believe in Love, faith, hope and unity
This has been a summer filled with such sorrow. The only way I know to move through the prejudice and hatred, is to make sure I show others respect. It's easy to expound and rail against these injustices, but the way we treat people on a daily basis is most important.
Offering a smile and a kind word is a good start. Let's not be dismissive of others and be helpful when needed.
We are all in this together, so let's start acting like it.
All lives matter. I am married to a retired police officer. We share sadness for blue lives lost and also black lives; anger toward the few filled with hatred and prejudice on both sides; and a belief that with enough love and compassion we can heal this country.
We are in this together; we are in MANY things together and love (faith, hope and unity) will help see us through. Oh, also Ho'oponopono! : )
I am with you
surely one of the circles of hell: this am, on gurney, wired, injected and more for outpatient surgery, and from next alcove, a curtain away, a patient and partner, discussing Dallas, then "of course it's all that fool Obama's fault." me: breath, keep heart beat et al normal, don't mess up planned level of anethesia, and hardest, don't wish them ill.
Love, unity, faith, hope – we must believe or our hearts will die.
We are together in this, Heather. Let the balm do its healing and then resume pushing forward, with calm resolution. Fondly, Leslie in Oregon