Resist & Rise

How do we resist and rise? We have to believe the impossible is possible

Every action matters now. Every effort small or large counts. 

And moving, movement is the essential key to dispelling despair.

I think of Beckett, “I can’t go on. I’ll go on”, “The world is essentially over. I will fight for another day”, “I have lost my faith in humans. I commit to love them more.”

To live as Jung said – with two existing opposite thoughts at the same time. Survival right now depends on our ability to swim in this duality. 

To not linger in the pain, but to allow ourselves to be moved by it. 

To not whitewash reality, but also not to take up lodging in the house of despair. 

This is the dance of our times.

We must become agile and flexible. To feel responsible but not so guilty we are immobilized. To feel rage but to learn how to direct it into action and passion and purpose. To lift ourselves to a more existential absurdist place where the fascists cannot touch us. Not disassociation or numbness, but finding the grace, energy and humor that come when we commit ourselves more deeply to one another.

So how do we resist and rise? 

We have to believe the impossible is possible.

• refused to stop building the world they dreamed. 
• she joined with local groups to provide tarps and food, cleaning products and formula. They formed hubs of care.
• we can’t wait on politicians or leaders. We have to dive in and get to work.
• We have to talk to one another and know our communities. 
• We need to organize in our living rooms, local businesses backyards – find out who amongst us are doctors, nurses, chefs, teachers. Knowing your community and what skills they can offer.” This is what we need to understand now more than ever.

The illusion and seduction of the American dream is over. 

Neoliberalism is dead. There are huge cracks, openings in the old structures and narratives. These are opportunities to plant the seeds for the new world as we protect those suffering now.

What the fascists want more than anything is our fear, exhaustion and despair. Or they want us angry, reactive, cruel and violent like them. 

“Your humanity is also your resistance. Don’t underestimate its power. It’s the only thing they can’t take away from you.” 

Every action matters now.

Every effort small or large counts. 

And moving – movement is the essential key to dispelling despair. 

How we care now, how we love, how we come together, how we build and protect each other is in itself the building of the new world.