If there’s one thing I feel a sense of urgency about, it’s the importance of recognizing the sacredness of every walk of life, no matter how different they are from my own. No matter how different they might be from what’s familiar.
I think that at least a good portion of the work, when it comes to mending the broken relationships of the world, comes from recovering that outlook.
I specialize in mass communication and movements, yet I’m really feeling the words of Grace Lee Boggs, right now. “In this exquisitely connected world, it’s never a question of critical mass. It’s always about critical connections.”
So many parts of the world are on fire, but in some ways that makes it simultaneously important to speak to the good that’s out there. To remember that we all have radically different starting blocks that color what we see. And to meet each other with openness.