I think each of us has to find what compels us to act, and what shuts us down. I've discovered I need to reach out in community and connect to transcend these overwhelming emotions--but I also discovered today in this exercise that outrage is a younger emotion for me, tied to helplessness and disempowerment--getting in touch with the grief and sorrow is more energizing for me--and it may be different for everyone. Still, connecting in community to take action works for me, not isolation and being enraged.
John 15:13 (The Voice) 'There is no greater way to love than to give your life for your friends.' Seems the time for some of us to do so. Renee Nicole Good is our example.
Also quote from Ruth Ben-Ghiat's Strongmen: 'Authoritarianism depends on breaking the horizontal bonds of solidarity and empathy that lead people to risk their safety to protest injustices against others.'
Oh how I needed this… desperately. As much as I tried, as much as I pleaded for God’s help, I could not shake my outrage yesterday… Thank you for naming the source… and the purpose…. It hadn’t occurred to me that perhaps I was being asked to hold these feelings… for now… in this moment… and direction will follow.
“When the state kills and then lies about why, it asks the public to participate in unreality. That demand is itself a form of violence. Lament becomes refuge for the sane.”
This was very powerful today. There were tears. And a curling up of my body wanting to be in a fetal position. I keep labeling it rage and forget or get out of touch with the grief. Thank you.
Lament yes, however, do not rest because they are picking up speed and this train is getting more dangerous by the second, minute, hour, day…..
My heart is broken…… my ancestors are crying out……. How does lament become action……? When does silence become complacency…..?
My grief is excruciating……..
I’m feeling consumed by my inability to determine right action…….
Brothers and Sisters……. Please offer each other solace and love……
If we are truly in this together…..help us to respond to this tidal wave of evil…… 💔
I think each of us has to find what compels us to act, and what shuts us down. I've discovered I need to reach out in community and connect to transcend these overwhelming emotions--but I also discovered today in this exercise that outrage is a younger emotion for me, tied to helplessness and disempowerment--getting in touch with the grief and sorrow is more energizing for me--and it may be different for everyone. Still, connecting in community to take action works for me, not isolation and being enraged.
John 15:13 (The Voice) 'There is no greater way to love than to give your life for your friends.' Seems the time for some of us to do so. Renee Nicole Good is our example.
Also quote from Ruth Ben-Ghiat's Strongmen: 'Authoritarianism depends on breaking the horizontal bonds of solidarity and empathy that lead people to risk their safety to protest injustices against others.'
Thank you thank you Reverend. Sharing this—Minneapolis my home. Her killing my neighborhood. Grief. Rage. Lamentation
https://open.substack.com/pub/davidofallon/p/lies-liars-life-choose?
Oh how I needed this… desperately. As much as I tried, as much as I pleaded for God’s help, I could not shake my outrage yesterday… Thank you for naming the source… and the purpose…. It hadn’t occurred to me that perhaps I was being asked to hold these feelings… for now… in this moment… and direction will follow.
“When the state kills and then lies about why, it asks the public to participate in unreality. That demand is itself a form of violence. Lament becomes refuge for the sane.”
🙏🙏🙏
This was very powerful today. There were tears. And a curling up of my body wanting to be in a fetal position. I keep labeling it rage and forget or get out of touch with the grief. Thank you.
Thank you. These words are a gift to help us in these dark and troubling times.
Lament together,
grieve gutting grief, trust true truth.
“Refuge for the sane.”
...
“Conscience stays awake,”
grounded rage regenerates.
Stay human through all.
Thank you. 😢
Amen
Thank you.