I feel like a butterfly that is figuring out how the heck to get untangled from its cocoon. It’s a little awkward.
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Tag: hope
Dear mom
Not everyone is so lucky that have a mom in heaven who sends them prank YouTube videos.
Pursuing joy
At some point this past year I decided I wanted my life to be about pursuit of joy rather than reduction of suffering. And to paraphrase Frost, it has made all the difference.
You can change how the story ends
This past week I was finding myself teetering between shutting down ("I'm going to ignore Facebook right now") and also automatically writing the story's ending. ("This is Nazi, Germany. This escalates from here. Next comes the [insert parade of horrors]"). But then I realized that when my mind creates that ending, that is the ending we get. So I decided to choose a different ending. This story will end with love of millions raising voices and declaring, we demand ferocious, expansive love that protects, lifts, reunites and heals.
Will you be the light?
For every card sent by a child $5 will be raised for immigrant legal aid.
My postcards are here!
Wanted: people willing to shine light into darkness.
Will you Be the Light with me? (Free art in return for raising your voice!)
Here's my idea: I give away five postcards featuring my art and in return you use them to advocate for the end of the horrific child-separation policy.
The heart wants what it wants
The goal is not to repress what the heart is stirred to express (hopes, losses, despairs, longings) but rather to hold it all in love....and then release.
Where the rubber meets the road
Can we talk about how hard April has been? Really hard. You would think I'd be prepared, knowing it's the cruellest month and all. But nope. There has been an endless onslaught of bad news for people I care about. Tragedy, loss, injustice. One after another. (I need to close my FB feed for real.)… Continue reading Where the rubber meets the road
I hereby surrender
I hereby surrender and accept my current reality as it stands--in its messy glory, its ecstatic uncertainty.
