So much has changed

So much has changed (and is in the process of changing) since my last post a couple of months ago. Way too many things to talk about in one post. It feels like the world is changing so fast, and with it, I am too. .
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Change can feel chaotic, scary, and uncomfortable, but discomfort is so often incredibly necessary for transformation to occur. We need to see, acknowledge, and move through the darkness, accept and work to heal our shadows, so that we can call in and cultivate the light. Life is contrast. Life is change. Learning to be open and embrace that, rather than close down, avoid and resist it, that’s how we heal, grow, and evolve - as individuals and collectively. Together.

I’ve spent the last few weeks listening, learning, reflecting on all that is occurring within our country now and has been occurring for 400 years. I recognize and take ownership for my ignorance, my privilege, and my silence. I noticed that although I am typically a person who is very self-reflective and quiet when I process difficult situations and events, I have also allowed my need to “good” and “right” interfere and supersede me speaking up. .
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I have been learning more about how racism is not just individual acts but a deeply embedded systemic issue in our society; how white supremacy and white privilege has unfairly given me so many advantages in my daily life; and how as a white person who is working on being anti-racist, I am bound to get it wrong and fuck it up, but if I want to work in allyship with my BIPOC brothers and sisters, then I have to keep showing up, every single day and do my best to unlearn what I’ve learned, educate myself appropriately, uplift and amplify BIPOC voices, regularly support BIPOC businesses and organizations, rectify harms when I do end up causing them, and act in allyship as much I possibly can. I must, and I will. Because Black Lives Matter. Because none of us are free until we’re all free. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
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Ps. throwback to our tiny home days, because also in the time since I took a break from social, we finally sold it. So many changes. ❤️