Don’t let them harden your heart. Don’t let them take your love from you.
Feel the pain, frustration and fear - let it move through you. Scream and cry - do whatever you need to do to release and honor how you feel and then find your center once again. Because we need you. This moment needs us all to find our strength. We are going to be asked to exist outside of our comfort zones - to stay vigilant - and to stand up for all that is good and right in this world.
My heart is breaking for my daughter - and yours. My heart is breaking for the planet. My heart is breaking for all who will be persecuted because they exist outside of what this patriarchal mess deems valuable and "right". The grief I feel is so heavy it could easily overwhelm me. And for today - I will let it. And I will also drink water and eat nourishing food and walk in the mountains and the snow. I will find my center and be ready to be the voice for the voiceless, to stand for all that is good and right in the world, and to live within the interconnected wisdom of love and peace.
This is the path to Wild Hope. It emerges on the other side of grief, pain and sadness. It goes beyond our hopes and dreams for ourselves and embraces and encircles all life. Wild hope grounds us in our truth of oneness and the power of love.