{"id":1056,"date":"2024-10-22T01:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T01:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justcareforall.life\/?page_id=1056"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:17:48","slug":"elementor-1056","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justcareforall.life\/?page_id=1056","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 8, Protect"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Reignite & shield the pilot lIght--for our compassionate ambition,
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I grew closer to TuKayo;<\/span><\/p>

our humming resynced, deeply.<\/p>

Humming now gave me comfort,<\/p>

Yet, our songs buttressed my resolve<\/p>

‘n lifted my soul to act ‘n to help ‘n to protect,<\/p>

though I had nothing with which to work.<\/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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To begin to change, you must<\/p>\n

not be afraid to take the first step.<\/p>\n

We will fail when we fail to try.<\/p>\n

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Our lives begin to end the day we become<\/p>\n

silent about things that mater.<\/p>\n

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Wait, is that who we …<\/p>

Is my other half …<\/p>

Dispirited flesh,<\/p>

Am I …<\/p>

Disembodied spirit?<\/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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Here we remain, our potential halved,<\/p>\n

the spirits of justice but no means of enaction.<\/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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Torn in two.<\/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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\u00a0<\/p>

Physical Human torn<\/p>

from Civil ‘n Sacred Rights;<\/p>

a shadow divorced from form,<\/p>

sentenced to sleepwalk, crooked neck,<\/p>

straining to gawk back as distance overtakes,<\/p>

yearning for my severed form.<\/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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America did not invent human rights.<\/p>

In a very real sense, human rights<\/p>

invented America.<\/p>

–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\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Noworry,<\/p>\n

a union without constriction is infinite.<\/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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Gentleness can be a great strength, and quiet\u00a0<\/p>

action can sometimes speak as powerfully<\/p>

amid the noise as the loudest voice.<\/p>

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A gentle touch from behind.<\/p>

This time, I turned into Tukayo.<\/p>

Henceforth, we will know<\/p>

this will be our true way;<\/p>

we hugged ‘n mended.<\/p>

‘n at last, inverted shame.<\/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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Our exchange of experience<\/p>\n

expunges old losses,<\/p>\n

encourages new hopes and dreams.<\/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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I contributed the only things I possessed:<\/p>\n

My hurt, my anger ‘n my fear.<\/p>\n

My surrender<\/p>\n

–their expulsion–<\/p>\n

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Here, with Tukayo,<\/p>

I could breathe, humm, ‘n laugh.<\/p>

Yeah, they are funny folk.<\/p>

Who love to tell corny jokes,<\/p>

like the one Tukayo asked 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

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As I walked out the door toward the gate\u00a0<\/p>

that would lead to my freedom,\u00a0<\/p>

I knew if I didn’t leave my<\/p>

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I’d still be in prison.<\/p>

–Nelson Mandella. 1918-2013.<\/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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May this marriage be full of laughter,<\/p>\n

our everyday in paradise.<\/p>\n

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“What do you call shoes made from bananas?”<\/p>\n

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I looked down … Yup …<\/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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Even if I wasn’t an actress or a comedian, <\/p>\n

I would be spreading love<\/p>\n

and laughter whatever I did.<\/p>\n

–Kim Coles. Born 1962.<\/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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Do it! What are you waiting on? Do it!<\/p>\n

Stand up for what you believe in.<\/p>\n

The word needs your voice.<\/p>\n

Whoever you are, you have something to say.<\/p>\n

Say it!<\/p>\n

–Kerry Washinton. Born 1977.<\/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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Wow, Tukayo put a spell on me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fell hard for Tukayo’s risible laughter.<\/p>\n

I nearly fell over in laughter hearing her laugh.<\/p>\n


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We laughed at the preposterous illusion<\/p>\n

that the infinite abundance of love<\/p>\n

could ever be broken in us<\/p>\n

as its source of authority<\/p>\n

exists eternally within<\/p>\n

the Creator of All<\/p>\n

that is Good.<\/p>


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Yet, as we subsided,<\/p>

I realized I am tomorrow’s harbinger<\/p>

I have the strength to fight for the future.<\/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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I now realize scarcity is the contrived illusion<\/p>

of the cruel and oppressive social order<\/p>

organized ‘n compelled by avarice,<\/p>

enforced by fear ‘n force.<\/p>

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Yet, in our corporeal world,<\/p>

if we are to achieve our full potential<\/p>

the pulse of life must be protected.<\/p>

For, the contrary is a delusion designed<\/p>

to draw us into the darkness.<\/p>

Its pull is palpable.<\/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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If you want love and abundance in your life,<\/p>\n

give it away.<\/p>\n

–Mark Twain. 1835-1910.<\/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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If a free society cannot help the many<\/p>\n

who are poor, <\/p>\n

it cannot save the few who are rich.<\/p>\n

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Protect the pulse of life<\/strong><\/p>

you hold in your hands<\/strong><\/p>

Protect the Sacred!<\/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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The human race has one <\/p>\n

really effective weapon,<\/p>\n

and that is laughter.<\/p>\n

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Something strange was happening …<\/p>\n

Stars were coming out: Night time.<\/p>\n

The silent, star-filled violet sky<\/p>\n

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As I stared out,<\/p>\n

I wondered,<\/p>\n

Who is out there,<\/p>\n

looking back here?<\/p>\n

Looking for, or better, out<\/i> for us?<\/p>\n


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Rumbling; subtextual humming<\/p>\n

Emanated from the Seerz’ Elders.<\/p>\n

Never felt it before. Cannot duplicate it.<\/p>\n

It was like the Tibetan Monk’s Joy-Kay,<\/p>\n

the multiphonic chanting from the throat.<\/p>\n

Tukayo whispered,<\/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 feel very lucky to have grown up<\/p>\n

having interaction with adults who<\/p>\n

were making change but who were far<\/p>\n

from perfect beings. That feeling of not being paralyzed<\/p>\n

by your incredible inadequacy as a human being,<\/p>\n

which I feel every day, is part of the legacy<\/p>\n

that I’ve gotten from so many of the adult elders.<\/p>\n

–Marian Wright Elderman. Born 1939.<\/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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Considering what?<\/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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Every thousand years,<\/p>\n

when the stars come out<\/p>\n

and the purple moon rises overhead<\/p>\n

one of us may go back–<\/p>\n

but only if that one possesses<\/p>\n

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Wow, that makes you really old.<\/p>

So, I’m dating an older woman<\/span><\/p>

Wow, did that earn a WACK.<\/p>

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I looked up:<\/p>

A full purple moon!<\/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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Before my eyes,<\/p>\n

the ol’ man in the moon<\/p>\n

transformed into a rabbit;<\/p>\n

switched back ‘n forth,<\/p>\n

then merged to coexist,<\/p>\n

stronger than when alone<\/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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Otsukimi is the Mid-Autumn Festival<\/p>\n

celebrating when the Man in the Moon <\/p>\n

honored the Rabbit’s kindness and <\/p>\n

carried the Rabbit back to the moon to live with him.<\/p>\n

On nights of the full moon, you can see the Rabbit<\/p>\n

pounding mochi on the moon.<\/p>\n

–How the Rabbit Reached the Moon.<\/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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Love is composed of a single soul <\/p>\n

inhabiting two bodies.<\/p>\n

–Aristotle. 384-322BC<\/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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We stood, holding each other,<\/p>\n

purple lit, casting one shadow.<\/p>\n

We said, Two together, we are cast as one.<\/p>\n

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Within, an ambition awakened<\/p>\n

in my heart that compelled me to protect.<\/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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We drank from each other’s hands.<\/p>

Approached, leaned into the other.<\/p>

Foreheads touched, rested, as<\/p>

light from our ovals grew in intensity.<\/p>

#*&@^!*&#^&@#?<*>@!${~}*&%#^@!%[*]!!!<\/p>

Vibrations, good-feeling, deep-down vibrations,<\/p>

Resonated and moved us inside as we glowed.<\/p>

Indivisiable. Inexplicable. Inescapable. Incorrigible.<\/p>

‘Shadow and soul’ devoured everything in between.<\/span><\/p>

The fainting stars perched above the engulfed<\/span><\/p>

fluttered\u00a0wildly\u00a0<\/span>on that still,\u00a0<\/span>hot night.<\/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

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I love you without knowing how, or when,\u00a0<\/p>

or from where.<\/span><\/p>

I love you simply, without problems or pride:<\/span><\/p>

I love you in this way because I do not know\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

any other way\u00a0<\/span>of loving but this, in which\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

there is no I or you,<\/span><\/p>

so intimate that your hand upon my chest\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

is my hand,<\/span><\/p>

so intimate that when I fall asleep,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

your eyes close.<\/span><\/p>

–Pablo Neruda. #17 in 1959. 1904-1973.<\/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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In love, one and one are one.<\/p>\n

–Jean-Paul Satre. 1905-1980<\/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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We hold the pulse in our hands<\/p>\n

Protect it like the hatchling …<\/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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Tukayo poked 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

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Activism is my rent for living on the planet.<\/p>\n

–Alice Walker. Born 1944.<\/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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She knows … something.<\/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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Our Present: Healing Chapter 8: Protect the Pulse of Life Reignite & shield the pilot lIght–for our compassionate ambition,and concurrently, our collective charity. I grew closer to TuKayo; our humming resynced, deeply. Humming now gave me comfort, Yet, our songs buttressed my resolve ‘n lifted my soul to act ‘n to help ‘n to protect, though I had nothing with which to work. To begin to change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try. –Rosa Parks. 1913-2005. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that mater. –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968. (A) Wait, is that who we … Is my other half … Dispirited flesh, Am I … Disembodied spirit? Here we remain, our potential halved, the spirits of justice but no means of enaction. Torn in two. \u00a0 Physical Human torn from Civil ‘n Sacred Rights; a shadow divorced from form, sentenced to sleepwalk, crooked neck, straining to gawk back as distance overtakes, yearning for my severed form. \u00a0 America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, human rights invented America. –Jimmy Carter. Born 1924. Oh boy, this is bad, Noworry, a union without constriction is infinite. \u00a0 Gentleness can be a great strength, and quiet\u00a0 action can sometimes speak as powerfully amid the noise as the loudest voice. –Sarah Corbett A gentle touch from behind. This time, I turned into Tukayo. Henceforth, we will know this will be our true way; we hugged ‘n mended. ‘n at last, inverted shame. Our exchange of experience expunges old losses, encourages new hopes and dreams. I contributed the only things I possessed: My hurt, my anger ‘n my fear. My surrender –their expulsion– transformed my awareness. Here, with Tukayo, I could breathe, humm, ‘n laugh. Yeah, they are funny folk. Who love to tell corny jokes, like the one Tukayo asked me, \u00a0 As I walked out the door toward the gate\u00a0 that would lead to my freedom,\u00a0 I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind,\u00a0 I’d still be in prison. –Nelson Mandella. 1918-2013. May this marriage be full of laughter, our everyday in paradise. –Rumi. 1207-1273. “What do you call shoes made from bananas?” “Slip-pers.” I looked down … Yup … Even if I wasn’t an actress or a comedian,  I would be spreading love and laughter whatever I did. –Kim Coles. Born 1962. Do it! What are you waiting on? Do it! Stand up for what you believe in. The word needs your voice. Whoever you are, you have something to say. Say it! –Kerry Washinton. Born 1977. Wow, Tukayo put a spell on me. Fell hard for Tukayo’s risible laughter. I nearly fell over in laughter hearing her laugh. We laughed at the preposterous illusion that the infinite abundance of love could ever be broken in us as its source of authority exists eternally within the Creator of All that is Good. Yet, as we subsided, I realized I am tomorrow’s harbinger I have the strength to fight for the future. \u00a0 I now realize scarcity is the contrived illusion of the cruel and oppressive social order organized ‘n compelled by avarice, enforced by fear ‘n force. \u00a0 Yet, in our corporeal world, if we are to achieve our full potential the pulse of life must be protected. For, the contrary is a delusion designed to draw us into the darkness. Its pull is palpable. If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away. –Mark Twain. 1835-1910. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor,  it cannot save the few who are rich. –John F. Kennedy. 1917-1963. (A) I was presented with the sixth gift: \u00a0 Protect the pulse of life you hold in your hands Protect the Sacred! The human race has one  really effective weapon, and that is laughter. –Mark Twain. 1835-1910. Something strange was happening … Stars were coming out: Night time. The silent, star-filled violet sky had a disquieting quality. As I stared out, I wondered, Who is out there, looking back here? Looking for, or better, out for us? Rumbling; subtextual humming Emanated from the Seerz’ Elders. Never felt it before. Cannot duplicate it. It was like the Tibetan Monk’s Joy-Kay, the multiphonic chanting from the throat. Tukayo whispered, I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling of not being paralyzed by your incredible inadequacy as a human being, which I feel every day, is part of the legacy that I’ve gotten from so many of the adult elders. –Marian Wright Elderman. Born 1939. They are in Consideration. Considering what? 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