Passion rarely leads; it is birthed from our pain.

We are going to have to lean into the reality that truth is rarely found in the binary. Humans are wonderfully, brilliantly complex creatures.

When we can’t forgive those who have wounded us, we amplify the trauma and it becomes a barrier to us fully healing.

We help each other when we recognize fear, fatigue and frustration as part of our shared experience and make the choice to respond with compassion.

Every one of us has the terrible power – even if only by default – to amplify the pain. Or we can commit to becoming mitigators of the pain.

It is amazing what happens when we drop our fists, unclench our hands, allow ourselves to be curious about how others are making sense of the world.

There’s value in leaning in when people are angry and hurting – value for them and value for us.