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i once wrote and shared:

“Be a lighthouse, rather than a bullhorn.” 

it was a call to nonaggression, non-harshness, to simply (though not so simple) shine our light of love and lead by example.

and while the spirit of this still resonates with me, and i still think aggression is destructive and embodying love in the long term is most beneficial, i’ve grown in my perspective around this.

sometimes love does embody as a bullhorn, because we need to wake up. we can’t see the light if our eyes are closed and we’re asleep.

a bullhorn can wake us up to the harm and suffering around us, to the work we need to do within ourselves and in the world.

so…now i’d say: 

“Be a lighthouse, and when needed, be a bullhorn as well.”

~j

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