I am so angry.
Tears well behind my eyes.
My heart feels heavy and broken.

Why do people need to abuse their power?
Why do they need to reduce the vibrant, powerful people among them
to less than who they are?
Why do they need to humiliate, disempower and intimidate?
Don’t they know?

There is enough for all of us.
There IS enough for all of us.
Together, we grow in strength.
Everyone is enriched by respecting the gifts of others.
All of us – even those with dissenting voices – are needed
to build strong organizations, institutions, and communities.

Why must those who speak truth be silenced?
Truth is so powerful.
It can destroy the fragile illusion of control.

My heart aches for the slow road we walk towards freedom.

Kare
5/12/11