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Sometimes life thrusts us into membership in a group that we never would have joined voluntarily
Many of these groups are filled with brilliant and beautiful people who see the world in a particular way because they too were involuntarily dropped into this group
Many of these groups are filled with brilliant and beautiful people who see the world in a particular way because they too were involuntarily dropped into this group
The abused, the betrayed, the devastated, the exploited have all gained a perspective on the world that most cannot or will not see
We would give anything to not see it also, but it is too late to go back
We would give anything to not see it also, but it is too late to go back
We see the power structures and the powerful people of the world in different ways.
We have re-defined what truly matters and
We have re-defined friendship and trust
We have even been on the journey of re-defining ourselves
We have re-defined what truly matters and
We have re-defined friendship and trust
We have even been on the journey of re-defining ourselves
The world becomes both bigger and smaller at the same time
Bigger, because we may have once believed we could reach things that now seem out of reach
Smaller, because we are growing to know that we can only manage small parts of the world, if even that
Bigger, because we may have once believed we could reach things that now seem out of reach
Smaller, because we are growing to know that we can only manage small parts of the world, if even that
We see other people who have been thrust into this unwanted roll-call with entirely new eyes
We see that the world we so want to change isn't going to change because we put new people in charge, but because we learn to take charge of our own soul & walk in a different way
We see that the world we so want to change isn't going to change because we put new people in charge, but because we learn to take charge of our own soul & walk in a different way
We want more than anything, something that our new-found eyes increasingly tell us will never happen; we want the powerful to see what we now see
Many days I am honored to be a member of this group filled with amazing, vital and growing humans
Other days, I wish I did not know this group even existed
Other days, I wish I did not know this group even existed
To you who have also been thrust into membership, without being consulted first, into the gathering of the broken-hearted, welcome you are not alone.
And I am sorry
And I am sorry
