Hopes For Impendence From What Is Holding Us Back

 

The last few weeks have been hard for so many of us so the idea of celebrating today might feel like a challenge. One way to handle some of the emotions and feelings that today's holiday might bring up is to expand what type of independence we are seeking. There are many things we can hope to be independent from as a nation, as communities and as individuals.

 

4th of July

A day we celebrate independence

As a nation may we have independence from

Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Transphobia

Biphobia, Ablism, Ageism, Classism

As communities may we have independence from

Not understanding we are bound up together

Not seeing or hearing each other

As individuals may we have independence from

Isolation, Fear, Want, Loneliness, Self doubt

May we always know that we are loved and we are beloved

My hope is we can use this day to take time to determine what we need to do for ourselves so that we all can be our best, our boldest, our brightest selves and have the energy we need to organize in order to tackle all the injustice and isms and phobias that systematically keep others down.