Dear Fellow Traveller,
Those who stay within the boundaries of professionalism for the greater good of communities are not sheep. Those who work tirelessly without fireworks are not sheep.
And because they are not sheep, they do not follow mindlessly.
If that understanding were true then all of us who are within the system who are working in our own way would be sheep. There are times to nod and smile and there are times to forge ahead.
Both have to be planned approaches, therefore strategically used.
From my experience, I know that when I stand up for people, I am not popular.
When I stand up for core beliefs and issues, I am challenged.
That is part of the learning and growth for me.
All I know is that if I keep issues in focus, things begin to make sense.
And I have to learn to trust somebody, sometime. Else, the loneliness in activism is deafening. |
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