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Before I was born into this world there were people dying for what I believe in. And after I am gone there will be many more taking up the fight. If in my short lifetime I can affect some kind of glimmer of positive change in the darkness around me then how can I not? Inaction is not an option.

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Turkeys waiting to be killed outside the slaughterhouse this morning. I had to pull over and offer them a moment of love.

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Bearing witness will change you and in turn, helps change the world. 🙏🏼

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I'm standing there with the whistle in my mouth and the drivers eyes are locked with mine - he knows the time is up, and I'm pushing it. I see someone bearing witness for the first time beside the truck and I let just a few more seconds slip by. I hear a baby cry out from the crates - ten more seconds. A car drives by - five more. A safety marshal looks at me with a questioning gaze - four more seconds. It's like I'm holding my breath under water - heartbeat pounding in my ears - three more. What if I never moved? Two more. What if I just laid down right now? One more. I scream into the whistle and back away. 

That's the feeling that stays with me - the guilt of all the things we really should have done.

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Enough is enough. These walls will be brought down and these cages will be emptied. ✌🏼✊🏼🙏🏼

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Certain places just have that kind of energy you can't shake. The kind that haunts you on the drive home. So you pull over to meditate on the side of the road, shower when you get home, walk it out/write it out and talk it out - but it just stays there under the surface. They're with you.

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Honestly - No, I don’t think everyone should spend as much time as I do bearing witness. I realize it takes a toll over time. I think for most people who come out - they join us once or a handful of times to see the victims & confront the reality of what we’re doing to our fellow Earthlings and that becomes the spark that ignites the flame in their future activism. There is no one size fits all and I realize I am in a privileged position which allows me to do what I do. I’m there week after week because there’s always someone new who needs that moment and I’ll try to hold the space for them. I’m not asking you to do what I do - Im asking you to feel that urgency and use it. 🙏🏼✊🏼✌🏼 http://instagram.com/mybodyzen/

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New video up on my channel for my plant powered and fitness oriented friends/followers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22cKia4joo