Toni Morrison serves as my guiding light through this post-election valley of the shadows when she writes, ‘This is the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair. No place for pity. No need for silence. No room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. This is how civilizations heal.’
As for me Trump’s election has strengthened my resolve to embrace the values that I hold dear. Relating to others as I would others to relate to me. Realizing that, ‘but by the Grace of God, there go I.’’ And, when one of us suffers, we all suffer.
When trump demeans women, people of color, immigrants, and Muslims, I find myself treasuring the next woman or person of color I come upon or the next immigrant or Muslim who crosses my life’s path. I find myself being present with and connecting with a deeper sense of belonging, to fellow members of my human family.
Trumps’ ‘Ugly American’ shadow is truly a gift. He reminds me of what it means to express awareness, compassion, and loving kindness, moment by moment; to acknowledge that I am a person whose Divine Essence lives within me, as it lives within the lives of each one of us.
Thank you, Toni Morrison!
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