Heartened

I am floored and tearful when I think of all my friends and loved ones around the globe who fight against injustice in their own ways:

• a mom who counsels other women that there are more options than just abortion
• a friend who paints beautiful rocks and leaves them in parks for others to find
• writers who alert us and inspire us and woo us to goodness
• photographers who tell stories of injustice and ones of beauty in pain
• lawyers who fight for human rights in various forms
• medical personnel who love over patients' pain
• those who plant gardens and teach gardening, and thereby plan(t) for the future
• friends who endure their own pain and pray from their sofas
• adopters and foster parents who rescue and love and are loved
• the voices who cry out in anger at abuse
• workers in soup kitchens and food pantries
• those in counseling in schools and hospitals and places of worship and families and online
• friends who travel the globe to refugee camps and who stay at home and support teens
• those who are lights in the corporate world and in their own homes and neighborhoods
• those who teach, in many capacities
• podcasters and book-club members and newspaper owners who enlighten others
• friends who attempt to be zero-waste
• protesters
• sharers of tea and coffee and lives
• weavers and light-bringers
• pray-ers and singers
• musicians and poets
• defenders
• healers
• humans who let themselves be human and share grace with themselves (heroes)
• warriors of peace