If you persevere, in time you will have an entirely different problem – not that life is meaningless, but rather that life has almost too much meaning. As the scales fall from your eyes the world rushes into focus, presenting itself with a kind of vibrational eloquence that can, at first, be almost overwhelming. Everything shimmers, everything clarifies, everything wrestles for your attention. Trees feel super-real, their roots plunged into the earth, their branches stretching to the sky, birds are flesh and blood souls, fragile with life, the sky unfolds and rolls, the ocean crashes, people fascinate, books are beautiful, children are whirling dynamos of chaos, dogs bark and cats meow, flowers shout, your neighbour glows, and God runs like a helix through all things. The world awaits you, humming with meaning. You are alive with potential. You are not dead.
With the ceasefire deal underway, we should keep talking about Palestine. It is still occupied and the blockade is still in place. Only some of the military occupations will withdraw Ghazzah. Not all of it. At the same time, the settler colony has violated ceasefire before. So let's keep boycotting, donating, and protesting!
Consider helping my friend, Ruba (@rubashgaza). She and her family has been displaced from the North and they need to purchase food, fuel, medicine, and other essentials! Remember: You can give as little as $1 and in your own currency, such as AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, or USD! Her fundraiser is verified (#90). More context about her fundraiser.
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‘This winter. One afternoon the bus was late with the children. My imagination was like a storm. I stood at the road, and I couldn’t get rid of all the terrible pictures. So I started thanking God for this fear, because it meant I love them so much. The sun was shining on the snow and pines, and I stood down there, thinking of what it would be like not to have that fear; not to love anyone so much you couldn’t imagine living on the earth without them […] I looked at all that beauty around me and I was grateful. I was still afraid, but the worst of it went out of me.”
— Andre Dubus, “Out of the Snow”, Dancing After Hours
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