{"id":1663,"date":"2024-10-26T00:31:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T00:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justcareforall.life\/?page_id=1663"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:23:11","slug":"elementor-1663","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justcareforall.life\/?page_id=1663","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 13, If Not You, Who? Mend"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What Will We Do While We Wait?
Especially,
If We Want to Advance Holistically
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Take Our
Second Step:
Mend
Our Existing Storytelling<\/h2>\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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  According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary:<\/span><\/p>\n

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     To Mend, <\/p>\n

          mended, mending, mends<\/span>:<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

          a <\/span>verb (action not just a sentiment)<\/span><\/p>\n

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     1. to free from faults or defects: such as:<\/p>\n

          a. to improve in manners\/morals: REFORM;     <\/span><\/p>\n

          b. to set right: CORRECT:<\/p>\n

          c. to put into good shape or <\/p>\n

              working order again: patch-up: REPAIR;<\/p>\n

          d. to restore to health: CURE;<\/p>\n

          e. to improve or strengthen by <\/p>\n

              negotiation or conciliation<\/p>\n

                 –Something such as a relationship<\/p>\n

                 –Used chiefly in the phrase, <\/p>\n

                    “Mend fences.” REINFORCE.<\/p>\n

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Who else can do it better?<\/h2>\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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If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When?
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MEND What?
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Our storytelling<\/p>\n

… and in so doing …<\/p>\n

our platonic, loving, familial, neighborly <\/p>\n

and communal relations.<\/p>\n

Our local, state and national schools, <\/p>\n

businesses, municipalities and police agencies.<\/p>\n

Our divisions, differences, disparities and diseases.<\/p>\n

Our rifts betwixt political parties and states.<\/p>\n

Our racial, religious and cultural discord.<\/p>\n

Our judicial, food, housing and<\/span><\/p>

health life-care services.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our environment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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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MEND How?
By Doing Two Things
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Start sharing stories, again<\/p>

… and in so doing …<\/p>

realize the abundant reasons we have\u00a0<\/p>

to be thankful.<\/p>

Do the really hard work of\u00a0<\/p>

negotiation, conciliation and reconciliation.<\/p>

Reform, Correct, Repair, Cure and\u00a0<\/p>

Reinforce our Civil Rights and Responsibilities.<\/p>

Work on the six “Rs.”<\/p>

No, not reading, writing ‘n arithmetic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

(Though those would be good, too.)<\/span><\/p>

But Remedy, Reparation, Reform,<\/span><\/p>

Restitution,\u00a0<\/span>Relief, Recovery.<\/span><\/p>

Past, present and emerging.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\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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Mend, Piece, Expand
And Again,
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Mend, piece, expand our story~quilt <\/p>\n

… and in so doing …<\/p>\n

revive and extend our community.<\/p>\n

Trim, edit, sew, thread and weave <\/p>\n

our stories together<\/p>\n

… and in so doing …<\/p>\n

Honor our fundamental civil, cultural, <\/span><\/p>\n

legal and spiritual values.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Which we abandoned and violated <\/span><\/p>\n

too often, too long and too much, already.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Advocate to advance<\/p>\n

Our Six Life-Care Services<\/span><\/p>\n

for all to enjoy, equally and equitably.<\/span><\/p>\n

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… And …<\/p>\n

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Create and participate<\/p>\n

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What Will We Do While We Wait?Especially,If We Want to Advance Holistically(And Well Beyond the Election)? Take Our Second Step: Mend Our Existing Storytelling   According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary:      To Mend,            mended, mending, mends:            a verb (action not just a sentiment)                  1. to free from faults or defects: such as:           a. to improve in manners\/morals: REFORM;                b. to set right: CORRECT:           c. to put into good shape or                working order again: patch-up: REPAIR;           d. to restore to health: CURE;           e. to improve or strengthen by                negotiation or conciliation                  –Something such as a relationship                  –Used chiefly in the phrase,                      “Mend fences.” REINFORCE.      2. to make amends\/atonement for ________. Who else can do it better? If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When? MEND What?Two Things at Once Our storytelling … and in so doing … our platonic, loving, familial, neighborly  and communal relations. Our local, state and national schools,  businesses, municipalities and police agencies. Our divisions, differences, disparities and diseases. Our rifts betwixt political parties and states. Our racial, religious and cultural discord. Our judicial, food, housing and health life-care services. Our environment. MEND How?By Doing Two Things At Once \u00a0 Start sharing stories, again … and in so doing … realize the abundant reasons we have\u00a0 to be thankful. Do the really hard work of\u00a0 negotiation, conciliation and reconciliation. Reform, Correct, Repair, Cure and\u00a0 Reinforce our Civil Rights and Responsibilities. Work on the six “Rs.” No, not reading, writing ‘n arithmetic.\u00a0 (Though those would be good, too.) But Remedy, Reparation, Reform, Restitution,\u00a0Relief, Recovery. Past, present and emerging. Mend, Piece, ExpandAnd Again, Two Things at Once Mend, piece, expand our story~quilt  … and in so doing … revive and extend our community. Trim, edit, sew, thread and weave  our stories together … and in so doing … Honor our fundamental civil, cultural,  legal and spiritual values. (Which we abandoned and violated  too often, too long and too much, already.) Advocate to advance Our Six Life-Care Services for all to enjoy, equally and equitably. … And … Create and participate in the ultimate advocacy. Further Call to Action: Let’s Do It Again! Stay the Course: Renew Word Count: 336 Unless we are required to include the states’ abbreviations. Then, it would be 336+26=362 But do abbreviations count? What about single letters? The letter “a” counts when it is performing a function. It gets complicated; What is a word? 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