Some thoughts:
1/ Our capacity to destroy one another is matched ( and hopefully not out paced) by our capacity to heal one another. Restoring relationships and community is central to restoring or national, community and individual well-being.
2/ Language gives us the power to change ourselves and others by communicating our experiences, helping us to define what we know, and finding a common sense of meaning. Our communicated experiences need to have a safe space where they are listened to, acknowledged and if needed, acted upon appropriately with dignity and integrity.
Words have a remarkable and miraculous capacity to heal.....and destroy. Use words that heal.
3/ We can and must change social conditions to create environments in which all people, all genders, all faiths, all backgrounds, all sexual orientations...adults and children alike can feel safe and where they can thrive.
( Adapted from "The Body Keeps Score", Vander Kolk, MD)
This is what our nation must strive to do. It will take humility, wisdom, selflessness, intelligence, grace and a desire to understand and accept one another.
I commit myself to being one of the forces for change that can lead to this place where we all live lives of health, dignity and opportunity.
Cheers to you and this beautiful country.
Anne-Marie
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