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dearest friends – 

i will not diminish the darkness of this moment. many of us are hurting & afraid of what may come, much of that due to what Trump & those around him have proclaimed & promised to do. the grief of this moment is justified & is not resolved with simple platitudes.

however, know this from my heart to yours – the light of love will not be extinguished, even as those who choose cruelty & destruction work hard to diminish its shine. history is filled with stories of the subtlety & resilience of love’s power within community to lift up, heal, & light a path through any darkness. perhaps this is how love succeeds, in the alchemy of our recognized interdependence, & the change impermanence promises. 

as a Buddhist, a follower of Jesus’ teachings & mystics across traditions, i know my role is to choose love in the face of whatever comes, to embody fierce compassion in healing wounds, holding hands, breaking bread, breaking systems & structures of harm, opening hearts, & working to end suffering for all who suffer & all that is suffering in the world.

this will be my path, my practice, my work – to work on the side of love, to stand in solidarity with my fellow LGBTQIA+ family, with women, with the undocumented, the immigrant, the Indigenous, Black & POC communities, & all who may be targeted, marginalized, & oppressed. you are love embodied, sacred, & worthy of the fullness & joy of life. 

love also speaks truth without fear or favor, so a warning in & with love to all who align with cruelty – all suffer under fascism, all tyrants fall in time, & we cannot serve two masters. choose love.

the light will not be extinguished. our light will not be extinguished.

with love & solidarity.

~j

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