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No TV This Week.

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I am nearly always afraid to write. Will I ever be able to capture and express what is in my heart? We have had the transmogrifying experience of witnessing a death. George Floyd. Our technology put us there. And now we are being called to deal with not just the consequences of this brutality, but with the recognition that the entire system is broken. We can't turn away.

As a white person, a person whose dealings with police were tickets for running a light, or holding a cell phone whilst driving, I have no concept of what it must feel like to fear for your life in the presence of an officer.

The number of violent killings of African American people takes my breath away. I have lived in a perfume cloud. I can distract myself. I can get righteous. I can have a go at other people who don't share my beliefs. But at the end of the day, the question stays with me: "Ok, so what is your part in this violence and what are you going to do about it?"

The first thing I am doing: I am letting myself be uncomfortable. This means taking away all of the stimuli.

Secondly, I have to get quiet. I have to look at my behavior. I have to get humble.

Thirdly: I need to shut up and listen. Really listen. And as I listen, I can allow myself to feel.

I don't need to watch MSNBC or CNN or any of the network or cable news right now.

I don't need to hear editorials. I don't need to listen to any politicians.

I need to weep for the loss of a father. For a widow, For a child left behind.

I have to find ways to renounce violence.

I will take actions. My actions will be in the name of peace.

I will follow and read Gandhi. Martin Luther King. I will go back to Pema Chodron and read from ancient ideas of prayer and meditation.

The path is now. The journey is in process. Let those who need to protest, protest. Let me be the one who prays that they are heard, and that justice be done.

Let me pray that all people are safe. That we find our Sweet Cool.

Let me replace fear with faith.

This is where I am, It will be Prince's birthday this weekend. Whatever would he say and do?

Let Love reign.

What Would Prince Say and Do Now?


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