Sunday, July 31, 2016

re:bravery and listening

Seeing Injustice with Bravery, Sarah Smash via On Being.
From the article..."As individuals, we are each awake and asleep in different ways, depending on our life experiences. As a country, though, we carry every injustice together in one ancestral, social DNA. Let’s finally face them together with bravery. Let’s open our eyes in order to open our hearts. Let’s rejoice that the skeletons are marching right out of our country’s closet, with livestreaming cell phones in their hands."

How to Listen When You Disagree, via The UrbanConfessional.
From the article..."The truth is, if our love can hold space for paradox, tension, and disagreement, there's room for all types of beliefs and opinions.

Division is a choice.

Life isn't a Facebook feed.

Our love, our listening, must bring in, not edit out.

Dare to listen, dare to be quiet, dare to seek understanding; in the end, it's the people we need to love, not their opinions."



1 comment:

  1. Spotted this space for the first time this morning, Karen.
    Coincidentally, yesterday I had the deep awareness of waking from a long sleep, needing to shake off the numbness, stretch and breathe deeply. And here you are providing a measure of rich oxygen for the soul. Thank you.

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