{"id":1018,"date":"2024-10-21T22:53:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T22:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justcareforall.life\/?page_id=1018"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:36:03","slug":"elementor-1018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justcareforall.life\/?page_id=1018","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 7, Advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We Dream first;
Create the means and harvest the materials of our dreams, second;
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Remember back, when I was sentenced?<\/p>\n

I was so outraged that others would<\/p>\n

visit such indignities upon me.<\/p>\n

Well, that transgression of mine<\/p>\n

of my disavowing proclamation<\/p>\n

of my denouncing words ‘n acts<\/p>\n

against Tukayo did more harm<\/p>\n

than any million ever did to me.<\/p>\n

Only, Tukayo’s non transference of hurt<\/p>\n

revealed no pride can be found in its reverse.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Real change, enduring change, happens <\/p>\n

one step at a time … <\/p>\n

Fight for the things that you care about, <\/p>\n

but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.<\/p>\n

–Justice Ruth Ginsburg. 1933-2020.<\/p>\n

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Pain that is not transformed is transmitted …<\/p>\n

Transformed people transform.<\/p>\n

–Richard Rohr. Born 1943.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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I was the conductor of the underground railroad<\/p>

for eight years, and I can say what most<\/p>

conductors can’t say:\u00a0<\/p>

I never ran my train off the track\u00a0<\/p>

and I never lost a passenger.<\/p>

–Harriet Tubman. 1822-1913.<\/p>

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We achieve our personal best<\/p>\n

through individualized, compassionate ambition<\/p>\n

and active accommodation<\/p>\n

of each other’s needs and dreams.<\/p>\n

If you see a need, it is your job to fulfill it,<\/p>\n

even when in doubt, even while in pain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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To act by love, allow love to guide your mind.<\/p>

Encourage your imagination to envision love;<\/p>

Encourage your heart to teach your mind;<\/p>

Teach gently, with joy and understanding;<\/p>

Tell you receptive and reflective mind<\/p>

to focus your interior feelings<\/p>

to create the world you seek.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Love is born into every human being;<\/p>\n

it calls back the halves <\/p>\n

of our original nature together;<\/p>\n

it can make one out of two <\/p>\n

and heal the wound of human nature.<\/p>\n

–Plato. 420-348BC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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In the depth of winter, I finally learned that<\/p>\n

within me there lay an invincible summer.<\/p>\n

–Albert Camus. 1913-1960.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Nothing can dim the light<\/p>\n

that shines from within.<\/p>\n

–Dr. Maya Angelou. 1928-2014.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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With the Wazizwilbi, I learned the External<\/p>

was no match for the Internal<\/p>

Despite me, I came to heal.<\/p>

The comeback of goodness<\/p>

debunked debilitation<\/p>

‘n ridded pain;<\/p>

my capacity\u00a0<\/p>

returned.<\/p>

Wanted to assist, build, earn ‘n share, deeply.<\/p>

My ambition felt embedded in our achievement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Oneness is achieved through compassion<\/p>

when it manifests in action to serve another.<\/p>

Freedom is born of voluntary service.<\/p>

Connection is bred by assistance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Action is the antidote to despair.<\/p>\n

–Joan Baez. Born 1941.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The sun shines not on us but in us.<\/p>\n

–John Muir. 1838-1914.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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You think my pain will resolve if I help others?<\/p>

Really, me? Are you not looking at me?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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All times past,<\/em><\/p>

in this moment\u00a0and all time following,<\/span><\/em><\/p>

I see you.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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I see you.<\/p>\n

You are not alone. You are not invisible.<\/span><\/p>\n

You are seen. You are seen. You are seen.<\/span><\/p>\n

And my God, you are beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n

–Jeanette LeBlanc. Born 1975.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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When wounds are healed by love, <\/p>\n

the scares are beautiful.<\/p>\n

–David Bowles. Born 1970.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Failed to get justice back in the corporeal realm.<\/p>\n

Cannot find my way outta here.<\/p>\n

Blew it royally with you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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When social injustice transgresses<\/i><\/p>

our temporal landscape,<\/i><\/p>

the agony upheaves our core values.<\/i><\/p>

We are thrust into a topography of pain,<\/i><\/p>

where the traitorous terrain and furious oceans\u00a0<\/i><\/p>

leave no quarter.<\/i><\/p>

Under dichotomous terms of\u00a0<\/i><\/p>

Adversarial Americanism, need brings defeat.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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I see my advocacy as part of an effort to make<\/p>

the equality principle everything the founders<\/p>

would have wanted it to be if they weren’t<\/p>

held back by the society in which they lived<\/p>

and particularly, the shame of slavery.\u00a0<\/p>

I don’t think my efforts would have succeeded had it\u00a0<\/p>

not been for the women’s movement that was<\/p>

reviving in the United States and more or less<\/p>

all over the world at the time.<\/p>

–Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 1933-2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A strong nation, like a strong person, <\/p>\n

can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful<\/p>\n

and restrained. It can afford to extend <\/p>\n

a helping hand to others. It’s a week nation, <\/p>\n

like a weak person, that must behave <\/p>\n

with bluster and boasting and rashness<\/p>\n

and other signs of insecurity.<\/p>\n

–President Jimmy Carter, Born 1924.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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–From the unknown–<\/p>\n

Insight smacked me, hard.<\/p>\n

As I realized emotions are sacred.<\/p>\n

Henceforth, I will banish the toxic<\/p>\n

‘n reserve my domain of feelings<\/p>\n

for those who earn entry into it<\/p>\n

through reverence for the same,<\/p>\n

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Celebrate love within and without,<\/span><\/p>\n

through compassionate ambition<\/p>\n

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Where there is love there is life.<\/p>\n

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In some cases, non-violence requires more<\/p>\n

militancy than violence …<\/p>\n

There is no such thing as defeat<\/p>\n

in nonviolence.<\/p>\n

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You cannot be healed while you hold on to pain,<\/p>

you must let go, so that your heart is free<\/p>

to embrace again.<\/p>

–Leon Brown. Born 1955.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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For me, foregiveness and compassion are always linked:<\/p>\n

how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing<\/p>\n

and yet at the same time remain in touch <\/p>\n

with their humanity enough to believe<\/p>\n

in their capacity to reform?<\/p>\n

–bell hooks. 1952-2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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I was free to forego the restraints cutting into me,<\/p>\n

annoying illusion of my own choosing,<\/p>\n

internalized abuse that morphed<\/p>\n

into constrictive memories,<\/p>\n

of that restrictive regime,<\/p>\n

only too ready to harm but not heal,<\/p>\n

repeatedly conjured up by current slights,<\/p>\n

until they fatally pollute my present perceptions.<\/p>\n


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Best of all, I am free.<\/p>\n


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Free to see the one<\/p>\n

standing right in front of me<\/p>\n

who will never hurt me.<\/p>\n

Free not to be mean.<\/p>\n

Free to beleive.<\/p>\n

Free to give ‘n receive.<\/p>\n

Freed by love to love.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Herein lies their fifth gift:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our capacity for advocacy.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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No more thoughts about the hurtful.<\/p>

Flow forth in the river of compassion.<\/p>

Social justice is achieved through advocacy.<\/p>

Love is realized through our acts of assistance.<\/p>

Advocate for each other’s needs<\/p>

and enjoy not only social justice but love.<\/p>

Advocate for one another and generate<\/p>

an Algorithm of Abundance<\/p>

powered by our collective love.<\/p>

We can and will overcome any social BARS<\/p>

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All of us, at some time or other, need help.<\/p>\n

Whether we’re giving or receiving help,<\/p>\n

each one of us has something valuable <\/p>\n

to bring to this world. <\/p>\n

That’s one of the things that connects us as neighbors<\/p>\n

–in our own way, each one of us is a giver and a receiver.<\/p>\n

–Fred ‘Mr.’ Rogers. 1928-2003.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Life’s most persistent and urgent question is<\/p>\n

What are you doing for others?<\/p>\n

–Dr. Martin Muther King, Jr. 1929-1968. (A)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our Present: Healing Chapter 7: Advocate Advocacy is the Salve (Cryptonite) for Social Injustice We Dream first;Create the means and harvest the materials of our dreams, second;Build third; and fourth we revel in our accomplishment. Remember back, when I was sentenced? I was so outraged that others would visit such indignities upon me. Well, that transgression of mine of my disavowing proclamation of my denouncing words ‘n acts against Tukayo did more harm than any million ever did to me. Only, Tukayo’s non transference of hurt revealed no pride can be found in its reverse. Real change, enduring change, happens  one step at a time …  Fight for the things that you care about,  but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. –Justice Ruth Ginsburg. 1933-2020. Pain that is not transformed is transmitted … Transformed people transform. –Richard Rohr. Born 1943. \u00a0 I was the conductor of the underground railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say:\u00a0 I never ran my train off the track\u00a0 and I never lost a passenger. –Harriet Tubman. 1822-1913. \u00a0 We achieve our personal best through individualized, compassionate ambition and active accommodation of each other’s needs and dreams. If you see a need, it is your job to fulfill it, even when in doubt, even while in pain. \u00a0 To act by love, allow love to guide your mind. Encourage your imagination to envision love; Encourage your heart to teach your mind; Teach gently, with joy and understanding; Tell you receptive and reflective mind to focus your interior feelings to create the world you seek. Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves  of our original nature together; it can make one out of two  and heal the wound of human nature. –Plato. 420-348BC In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. –Albert Camus. 1913-1960. Nothing can dim the light that shines from within. –Dr. Maya Angelou. 1928-2014. With the Wazizwilbi, I learned the External was no match for the Internal Despite me, I came to heal. The comeback of goodness debunked debilitation ‘n ridded pain; my capacity\u00a0 returned. Wanted to assist, build, earn ‘n share, deeply. My ambition felt embedded in our achievement. Oneness is achieved through compassion when it manifests in action to serve another. Freedom is born of voluntary service. Connection is bred by assistance. Action is the antidote to despair. –Joan Baez. Born 1941. The sun shines not on us but in us. –John Muir. 1838-1914. \u00a0 You think my pain will resolve if I help others? Really, me? Are you not looking at me? \u00a0 All times past, in this moment\u00a0and all time following, I see you. I see you. You are not alone. You are not invisible. You are seen. You are seen. You are seen. And my God, you are beautiful. –Jeanette LeBlanc. Born 1975. When wounds are healed by love,  the scares are beautiful. –David Bowles. Born 1970. Failed to get justice back in the corporeal realm. Cannot find my way outta here. Blew it royally with you. \u00a0 When social injustice transgresses our temporal landscape, the agony upheaves our core values. We are thrust into a topography of pain, where the traitorous terrain and furious oceans\u00a0 leave no quarter. Under dichotomous terms of\u00a0 Adversarial Americanism, need brings defeat. \u00a0 I see my advocacy as part of an effort to make the equality principle everything the founders would have wanted it to be if they weren’t held back by the society in which they lived and particularly, the shame of slavery.\u00a0 I don’t think my efforts would have succeeded had it\u00a0 not been for the women’s movement that was reviving in the United States and more or less all over the world at the time. –Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 1933-2020. A strong nation, like a strong person,  can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful and restrained. It can afford to extend  a helping hand to others. It’s a week nation,  like a weak person, that must behave  with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity. –President Jimmy Carter, Born 1924. –From the unknown– Insight smacked me, hard. As I realized emotions are sacred. Henceforth, I will banish the toxic ‘n reserve my domain of feelings for those who earn entry into it through reverence for the same, as our emotions connect us with All that is Good. Celebrate love within and without, through compassionate ambition and social advocacy. Where there is love there is life. –Mahatma Gandhi. 1869-1948. (A) In some cases, non-violence requires more militancy than violence … There is no such thing as defeat in nonviolence. –Cesar Chavez. 1927-1993. \u00a0 You cannot be healed while you hold on to pain, you must let go, so that your heart is free to embrace again. –Leon Brown. Born 1955.\u00a0 For me, foregiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch  with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to reform? –bell hooks. 1952-2021. I was free to forego the restraints cutting into me, annoying illusion of my own choosing, internalized abuse that morphed into constrictive memories, of that restrictive regime, only too ready to harm but not heal, repeatedly conjured up by current slights, until they fatally pollute my present perceptions. Best of all, I am free. Free to see the one standing right in front of me who will never hurt me. Free not to be mean. Free to beleive. Free to give ‘n receive. Freed by love to love. \u00a0 Herein lies their fifth gift: \u00a0 Our capacity for advocacy. No more thoughts about the hurtful. Flow forth in the river of compassion. Social justice is achieved through advocacy. Love is realized through our acts of assistance. Advocate for each other’s needs and enjoy not only social justice but love. 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