It does not seem possible that in less than a year I have to re-post this. But darkness has once again obscured our view – or so it seems. The violence is real – but history teaches us that its grasp is temporary… Hold tight. Hold together. Remember who you are.
I AM. YOU ARE. MIGHTY.
JE SUIS. TU ES. PUISSANT.
When dark times come again… as dark times do…
And hatred…
And violence…
And fear…
Feel choking… and present… and personal…
We are tempted to believe that darkness is all there is…
But try to remember that from the beginning …
We have been faced with those who have lost their humanity…
And in doing so try to annihilate ours…
It is not possible.
From New York to Newtown.
Birkenau to Boston.
From Phnom Penh to beloved Paris
Across time…
Across cultures…
And across the globe…
Storms come…
And change the landscape for a time.
Storms come…
And try to make us believe that nothing exists but storm…
But we hold tight…
Together…
In our fear…
In our sorrow…
In our outrage…
We hold tight…
Together…
In our love…
In our courage…
And in our faith
We hold tight…
Together…
In our resolve
And the storm consumes itself.
The darkness fades.
The skies clear.
And we endure.
We.
Endure.