15 years ago
Over 3 thousand people in New York left home , went to work , and died there .
3 of those people , I deeply loved.
And thousands more have died as the years past, due to hatred, greed and ignorance .
If you haven’t spoken to a loved one in a while . Make the call – don’t text . Go see them if you can.
Don’t let your loved one leave the house without your kiss good bye. Mend arguments – release grudges.
Hug your children , treasure their existence and their health . Show them beauty and raise them not to settle for less.
Treasure each breath you are privileged to take .
And let not one day go by where you are not an active change agent for justice on this earth .
We are here, not to consume , not to be afraid , not to shut down, or embrace illness, but to resist the prevailing message of this society : which is to be small, petty , numb addicted, and angry .
Be joyful, honorable , passionate , loving , compassionate , unique – and fight for justice.
This won’t bring back those already lost to the darkness ; but it will stop the hemorrhage of new lives sacrificed to pathology daily.
Those who have gone are ancestors , their breath shall be the fire we need to get this task done .
Let’s take their hand.
LSM 2016