Currently what I am reading is A Taste of Power by Elaine Brown
one woman’s story of resistance and resilience
of, for the most part, young disenfranchised
inspired people
coming up in the Black Panther organization
while also last night revisiting the remarkable revolutionary,
dedicated, kind, kind hearted, genuine soul
that was
John Lewis, whom I admire
and have so much reverence for, always
in his dedication to changing the world
regardless of what he and many others faced
and experienced
in a genuine unfailing commitment
to non-violence
the great, indomitable strength
and spirit
of a great, great man
who believed in the power of
the people
I am listening and paying attention to,
applauding, as well as backing
the astounding Autumn Peltier
a young, Canadian Anishinaabe Indigenous rights advocate
also, the Chief Water commissioner of the Aniishnabek Nation
and Global Water Activist
who is once again, (re)issuing the call for the government
of any and all stripe
to make good on promises of clean drinking water
for all First Nations
and for those who are currently counting infringements –
The right to water is recognized by the United Nations. It entitles every person,
without discrimination, access to safe, sufficient, physically accessible
and affordable water.
while also, I am looking at and listening to my own
‘pretty significant other’, my lovely husband
with an astonishing new kind of
loving kindness (if that could be possible)
a level of loving and caring that may sometimes
go
unnoticed
or
un-
outwardly appreciated
as if remarkably, we
may have
just
levelled up
and I am thinking how very much we could all benefit
from genuine outpourings
of
this
as always,
I am awed, inspired and
informed
I am
astonished, sometimes
anguished
yet always assured
of the power
of love
in a world
that insists on
fighting
itself ♥