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"The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off." ~ Gloria Steinem

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cute squirrel alert! this is dale, who has raised at least three families in the willow oak next to my back porch. over these years she's grown accustomed to having shelled peanuts fed to her and her family - i recognize her bc she is the most friendly, fearless of me and practically eats from my hand. i wasn't prepared to catch this moment so did not have a peanut for her, but she' she found a clover that popped up in the weeded and not-yet-mulched bed. taken in Richmond, VA by @lovedmb2004

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sadly i grew up in a family of what would become trump supporters. the signs were all there: disinterest not just in higher education but a disdain for education and those who pursue it. cruelty. mocking. gaslighting. drug addiction. laziness. excuses. cruelness at levels most ppl cannot imagine - my childhood stories are unbearable for most of it is the stuff of nightmares. it has taken my entire life to come out of the fog of their hatred and to fully find my childlike heart again - literally beaten out of me by those who were supposed to protect and love.
what i know is this, and it may sound trite: hurt ppl hurt. my mother raped me because it was done to her. my father beat her because his father beat him and his mother. it doesn't make it right, but it helps me understand that they were not wise or strong or together enough to come out of the fog. why? i don't know. i never will. this is the conclusion - the stark conclusion - that some things i will never understand. the question and lesson for me: can i be at peace with what is? now? without changing it? the answer is yes.
i'm left with my experience that has made it abundantly clear that opening one's heart is the only way to peace for to judge, condemn, mock those who do or believe differently perpetuates the cycle. it does not alleviate it. it makes it worse. until the world gets this, the world (not just republicans) will remain in misery. that's the lesson: we all have a choice about perception.
what i've learned? coming to peace with what is, is not looking away. it is acceptance that we do not have ultimate control and never will - the grand illusion and great existential truth. Life is suffering. how we choose to live in it becomes either our detriment or wisdom, and i think that's what it's really about. learning to stand in the hurricane winds. taken in Ruther Glen, Virginia by @lovedmb2004

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"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." — Indira Gandhi

#WalkForPeace, #PeaceWalk, #BuddhistMonks, #WalkForPeaceUSA @walkforpeace.usa @alokathepeacedog taken in Washington National Cathedral by @lovedmb2004

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there are been countless incredible moments and people on this journey - meeting gorgeous @hannelelahti being one of them! thank you soul sista. til we walk again .... taken in Washington National Cathedral by @lovedmb2004

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today i volunteered with the monks. there were guest monks, priests and nuns participating in the unity walk with the original monks walking from texas. some of the the guest monks straggled a bit. for the latter part of the unity walk from National Cathedral to GW i walked behind one of the last monks, holding flowers he sometimes took from the many onlookers extending them to him. the magic of these moments will live in me in for my lifetime - to serve and protect the monks with the deepest reverence, respect and love i have ever felt honestly. It was an honor to have been a part of this. Today was my 10th time seeing the monks, all exceptional in different ways, but today was next level. And???? I get to do it tomorrow too!!!!

today was my peaceful day! taken in Washington National Cathedral by @lovedmb2004

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day 104: monks arriving in the snow. today took a turn when the monks unexpectedly stopped for a bio break in front of where i parked on rt. 1 near stafford. we stayed until they left. one of the monks gave me a hug coin. i'm floating . . . by @lovedmb2004

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day 104 stafford, va
today a monk gave me a hug coin by @lovedmb2004

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