Hang On

Photo: L. Weikel

Oh man, I’m so sad. It was just announced minutes ago that Representative John Lewis has passed away. Ridiculously, I was hoping he would hang on, stay with us a little bit longer and see us through to the other side of this nightmare of racism and divisiveness we’re witnessing in our country.

He was always such a calming and wise voice advocating for peaceful resistance, change, and freedom.

And of course today we also heard that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been dealing with a recurrence of her liver cancer since May. Think of it: since May.

But she’s still going strong. What an incredible woman. May she hang on to see us through.

Yesterday’s Post

All day today I’ve reflected on the cards I chose for us last night and wrote about in my post. I can’t help but believe they are a rally cry to us that we must carry the torch forward. We must commit to doing the hard work it will take to both reclaim the values we know our country represents in the world – and bring them forward in an even higher octave of expression.

We’re being given an opportunity to face our demons. Look at how we’ve denied systemic racism and allowed corruption and greed to distort the principles we demand of other countries.

It just feels like we’re being asked to carry ourselves and our country forward. And the responsibility is falling to us. Not our elders. We’re the elders now. We need to hang on and do what needs to be done to save something bigger than ourselves.