Where Do We Go From Here?

"The time is always right to do what is right."
..... Martin Luther King Jr.

The last year has been many things. It's been painful, scary, never-ending feeling at times, a one thing on top of another year. It's also been clarifying, illuminating, a time to slow down and reflect, a time to connect in a new and different way with one another, and a time to examine all that has been shown to us that we really and truly need to work on, not only in society, but within ourselves. 

It was a year that showed us very clearly who we are as a nation, as a people, as a community, and as a person if we were willing to look. The last year has been a wake-up call. This year is about how we will heed that call. 

We are waking up to who we have been as a nation, as a people and as a person. The awakening has been painful, but here we stand still. It's time to be fully awake. It's time to heed the call each of us feels inside us to be the change we know we can be - the change so many of us have talked about for so long. How will we do that? Let's start with ourselves.

Be authentic. Be you. You have so much to give the world just as you are. Believe that. Believe in you. Wake up to who you are with all your talents and all that you really have to give. Know that what you were given to share with the world is exactly enough. You are not broken. You are not missing anything. You are just right the way you are. There is something you have to give now, and there will be something else later when you have learned more. Whatever it is you have to give now, give that to whomever is there to receive it – hopefully you are at the top of that list. I’m here to hold that space for you. I’m here to hold that space for me! 

As you encounter hate, confront it with love from that deep space within you that holds love to be greater and more powerful than hate. Don't allow hate to take up the space where love should be. Believe in your fellow humans as you would want them to believe in you.

As you encounter deeply embedded beliefs that do not serve you or the greater good, confront them with new ideas and perspectives that uphold truth and goodness as so much more powerful and uplifting than anything else. Do not allow lies and misguided beliefs to take up the space where truth should be.

As you encounter inertia, confront it with movement; any movement in a positive direction is far better than stagnation. Don't allow inertial to take up the space where flow should be.

Build community. You can start with the community you already have with your friends and family, and go from there. You don't have to be a dynamic leader or have a megaphone, remember you already have something within you to contribute, and tiny contributions are cumulative!!

Be part of the raising of our collective consciousness in whatever way you were meant to BE! You've got this. We've got this. We are strong. We are resilient. We are love.

​Peace to you my friends.