Joy is an Act of Resistance

"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

This is a great Buddhist quote. It reminds me of another quote, "Resentment is letting someone live in your head rent-free."

At this time, in this moment, when the uncertainty, the tumult, the foreboding sense of peril is so extreme, let us hold on to joy as an act of resistance.

Let us reach for community as a source of strength.

Let us relish the beauty of the flower, the redwood tree, the tomato growing on the vine, the view from the ridge of the mountains and the ocean. 

Let us forgive and let go of anger and resentment.

Let us be home in the moment.

Let us stand for love.

Let us know peace at the end.

This is our strength and our right. We will persist.