WE are the work
What do I mean by “WE are the work”?
When I say that “we are the work,” what I mean is that WE have and always will be US; all part of the same species. I want to belong, to feel safe, to be respected, to experience connection, and to give and receive love. You too, right? Ensuring these fundamental rights is the work that WE must do, both individually and collectively.
Why does this start with learning to feel, better?
It is critical that we actually want and believe it is possible for us to feel better. Given the chaos of the world today, imagining a better reality likely feels very out of reach. Better is all about worth, both adequate living conditions and internal value. Thus, liberation from oppressive systems will happen only when enough of us are able to expand our emotional capacity to include radical love for our selves and each other.
Why do we need to feel, better?
The world we live in teaches us not to feel—because emotions disrupt the hierarchical status quo. Thus, we are schooled to shove our emotions and just believe that some of us are more deserving than others in order to perpetuate. When we feel, better, empathy is engaged and WE begin to see ourselves and each other with greater clarity.
How do we feel, better?
The transition from not feeling to feeling, better, is going to be painful and messy. But it is the only way that we will be able to access our full humanity. We can start to feel, better, by sharing our stories and resources with each other, in community, without expectation and judgment. By shining a light on why WE feel the way WE do, these conversations have the power to undo the conditioning and the generational patterns that are keeping us trapped.