Not Here
There’s courage involved if you want to become truth.
There is a broken-open place in a lover.
Where are those qualities of bravery and sharp compassion in this group?
What’s the use of old and frozen thought?
I want a howling hurt.
This is not a treasury where gold is stored;
this is for copper.
We alchemists look for talent that can heat up and change.
Lukewarm won’t do.
Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by?
Not here.
- Rumi
What is happening in our country today is frightening. Resistance is essential. Many of us cannot recall anything as threatening to our democracy in our lives. A look back through the ages can remind us that existental threats to human progress are nothing new. Let us take comfort and gain wisdom from these voices.