I was walking through the airport a few weeks back after helping one of our kids get moved back into college and I heard the now-familiar announcement from TSA: If you see something, say something...I’ve heard that enough times that I don’t really even think a lot about the statement now. But it stayed with me for the last few weeks and bubbled back up once again on Friday morning.
I think that these small acts of kindness, of goodness to another could right our wayward ship. If enough of us make concerted efforts to do better, to be better…then the world will have no choice but to follow suit.
Indeed we did not. But the little actions add up for sure. Did you happen to watch Andor? There’s a section from the manifesto in it that keeps me going right now.
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere
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Good stuff, Edward. Your post reminded me of a post I wrote in February. We should normalize saying beautiful things to one another.
https://open.substack.com/pub/notesforneighbors/p/if-you-see-something-say-something?
Wow. That is beautiful! Thank you for sharing. I love turning that fear based statement into something beautiful and transformative.
I think that these small acts of kindness, of goodness to another could right our wayward ship. If enough of us make concerted efforts to do better, to be better…then the world will have no choice but to follow suit.
I believe you are right. But it will take time. Time. Time.
Indeed…but we didn’t get to this place overnight, either.
Indeed we did not. But the little actions add up for sure. Did you happen to watch Andor? There’s a section from the manifesto in it that keeps me going right now.
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere