some days, not just mondays you want to bury your head under the covers and just glide under the guise of sleep a while longer — stay in our safe space. i felt like that all weekend. i don’t want to bury my head under the comfort of covers and ignore what’s happening in our country, but at the same time i find myself with a loss for the right words. i don’t know how to eloquently say how i’m feeling, but i also don’t want to ignore what’s going on not just in Charlottesville, but across our country. i want to acknowledge how much sadness, pain and dispair i feel and see around me and hope that we can collectively do better. we can’t let the ideology of white supremacy grow and fester — history shows us what happens when hate is allowed to spread unchecked. this weekend, Heather Heyer, who lost her life standing up to hatred in protest said it well in her last public facebook post, ‘If you aren’t outraged, you aren’t paying attention”. and my wise friend casey put it beautifully, and very succinctly: “love cannot win if we are not its warriors.” i’m supposed to share beauty here, not my personal views but to not say anything at all felt like taking this space for granted and insulting you, my intelligent, caring and thoughtful readers. so instead of sinking back into my safe space under the covers, i’m opting for small gestures and small actions to start with. i will not grow weary. i will fight with compassion and in solidarity. this morning i decided to linger in my imagination if just for a little while and discover some spaces invoking calm clear heads, and simpler times. find the love, friends and shout it out loud. crush the hate. xo, victoria
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