Agreed; thank you Kim for sharing your story and for calling out those choosing to remain silent.
We are very fortunate to live in a democracy — no matter how difficult and challenging it may be to be responsible for the world as it is.
“Full engagement in the movement called democracy requires no less of us than full engagement in the living of our own lives. We carry the past with us, so we must understand its legacy of deep darkness as well as strong light. We can see the future only in imagination, so we must continue to dream of freedom, peace, and justice for everyone. Meanwhile, we live in the present moment, with its tedium and terror, its fears and hopes, its incomprehensible losses and its transcendent joys. It is a moment in which it often feels as if nothing we do will make a difference, and yet so much depends on us.”
Parker Palmer, educator, activist, and poet laureate of the human spirit — from his book: Healing the Heart of Democracy