Thoughts - The Journey to Reform

We are all tired

We have all been quarantined

Our lives have been impacted since COVID-19.

And now we have this...again

If you can't understand the outrage, the protests, the vigils;

You can either wait until you are personally impacted

OR...

You can take this time to have a seat and relearn what has been going on

As in longer than any of us have been alive.

Educate the masses on inequalities and injustices.

Educate on why Black lives Matter.

Educate on segregation, liberation, police brutality, equity, the plight of the Black community, and more.

Then once you understand, Share.

Share with your family, friends, neighbors, church, classmates, lover(s), even random people you encounter along your journey.

Whatever you do, don't downplay the sorrow, don't downplay the movement.

(Check your privilege)

Help the movement.

Join the movement.

Be inspired.

Listen effectively.

Understand the feelings.

Be part of the change.

We talk about fire in Biblical context.

We read stories and have references through song and analogy.

Yet do we really know what it means? What it represents?

Are we ready?

To be done away with the racism, the senseless killings, the color Black being associated with all things bad?

What about the white supremacy?

The homophobia, the transphobia, the xenophobia?

Let's not forget the misogyny, the white privilege, the inequalities, the injustices.

The assault?

What about the disparities that plague communities of color?

Remember the wrongful and corrupt justice system that constantly attacks Black lives?

*SIGH*

Do we want to pacify it, give an excuse to it, cry about it, stay uptight about it?

Do we want to drench it in water, gulp it with milk, ignore its misguidance?

Do we want to forgive without the needed educational understandings?

Do we continue to ignore the need for therapeutic methods to heal and live freely?

Do we want to keep building on shaky ground, that continues to show why it's unstable?

Do we keep apologizing for the behavior and ignore the need to teach to help dismantle?

If we want to effect change...

We must let the old unjust system die.

It has to burn.

Allow the flames to destroy every hideous thing that has leeched itself to breed hate.

The distasteful things we once dismissed will be no more.

It's dangerous to keep systemic hate in place for our evolving generations.

We must rebuild.

Renew, Refresh, Restore.

This is the message of peace, the message of healing, and the message of unity.

It's time for anew.

The feeling of change when we rise up will be the unequivocal and justly resounding noise.

Freedom, liberty, and justice for all.

There would be no unjust fine print attached.

The unapologetic agreement will be unity, equity, and justice.

We should all have the right to live, to be safe, to be heard, to breathe, and to be at peace.

Someday.

Someday we will all be free.

Someday we will have the right to live and see.

Until then, we are uncomfortable.

As we are uncomfortable we must press in getting the conversations and the changes going.

The hate, corruption, injustices, and inequalities must come down.

Accountability must take place.

This is the feeling, the change we seek.

Evaluate the systems, Burn down the old, Build to reform anew.

We need peace, safety, security, equity, and understanding.

This is a trial.

A journey with pain, hope, misunderstandings, and accomplishments.

This is a fight.

We are in the dawn of breaking down, burning down, and dismantling.

Listen effectively.

It's time to rebuild, to reform, to reevaluate, to restore.