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thanks Van. this was a much needed palette cleanser from doomscrolling.

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Thank you for this

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Thank you for the words Van. I’m sorry it turned out like this.

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I do feel like I am bleeding. People are talking about yesterday's event like its a sporting event, but I know too many people whose lives are now endangered over something that others are treating like a sport.

Thanks for writing this. I am catching my breath. When it's time to get back up, I am going to make a plan about what I am going to do next.

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thanks.

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💯 “response”

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Well said!

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For many this is an existential, or at least material threat, not an ideological or emotional one. Happy for everyone getting their mood bumped though. Guess "we" need that.

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Thanks Van, I appreciate and needed this.

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Love you Van. Many feel the same and share your burden, and your clarity...

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It’s a blessing to bleed

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I found comfort in your words, thank you.

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Thank you 🖤

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“Burdened by reality, but blessed by clarity. And we decide. We decide whether to bleed out on the concrete wondering how this all happened. Or we make another decision. A decision to process, to heal, to build. “

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This was so beautiful. I wrote a poem today that I want to share that may be healing for someone. Thank you, Van🙏

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I am not part of your faith

I am a witch

I am a ghost

I am a divine spirit

I believe in earth’s soil

Earth’s air

And earth’s water

I believe in the animals roaming free

I believe in cosmic energy

I do not believe in man or his systems

I don’t hope, I dream

I don’t fear, I enrage

I don’t lose, I trust what is meant to be

I can haunt you

I can outlast you

I can read you

I will listen to my guides

I will uplift my community

I will concede to my moon’s fiery soul desire to demand justice

And I will do it all again tomorrow

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Keep going, this is great Van. 🙏🏽

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