Original Facebook Post 22 Nov 2022
a commenter just asked (in response to a video I did calling for change )
"How? I feel hopeless about it sometimes."
my response, because sometimes even I need the reminder:
𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺
𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘰. 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦
𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥
𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 "𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨"
𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦. 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦
𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 "𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘪'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯" 𝘰𝘳 "𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸"
𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘣𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵? 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 ❤
𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦:
I answered like this because we all get scared. we all start feeling hopeless
and that's okay. we can't give everything all the time, and we're going to experience the entire range of human emotions. we're supposed to
but even in the dark there's always a spark. so we feed that. together
until it becomes an inferno they can't stop
(I'm proud of this Call To Action I wrote. maybe it'll resonate with someone else