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The Tenacity Of Hope

Now, in this land, in times beyond our forefathers,

Beyond those who were first and merely squatters– 

Those who crossed the Delaware’s frozen waters, 

Those brought and sold as economic fodder, 

Those who charged ashore into lead breakwaters–

These people were real, not the myths some now proffer. 

So in this day is it our intent to say 

(As, from our ideals, we’ve now run astray) 

That the reality of their truth has today

Such little value it can be cast away?

Of course, times have changed, and yet so have we,

So perhaps what we need is a reverie, 

A vision of a future that can still be seen,

Free from the authoritarian political machine,

A vision for you and me–for all to see– 

The path from here to where we should be,

One that can clarify and bring into view 

All the types of things we all must do.

So, what should be our new vision's theme? 

"Liberty or Death" or “I have a dream”? 

Or something newer, a rallying call

Like the one we heard one glorious fall 

When, out of nowhere, came a politician;

and I tell you what, he was on a mission,

Because this guy had devised a simple plan 

The “Audacity of Hope” plus “Yes We Can.” 

He made us see that what we face 

Is not beyond our knowledge base,

That we have the strength to carry on 

And to lay down foundations whereupon 

We can build a new future–with all our hands–

And begin to enact all of the types of plans 

That shepherd that future and serve to guide it 

Down a path we can walk with Pride beside it. 

Of course, that was then, and this is now,

So we face the eternal question: how? 

How is it that we can respond to this 

When so many feel things are still so amiss?

When so many people live in a world without facts

While cheering on a demagogue's authoritarian acts? 

When majorities cry victim as they still oppress 

Any who dare to offend the fragile views they possess? 

Sadly, history shows these troubles have been seen before

Whenever bigots and despots blame the tired and poor,

So we must keep up the resistance and fight on once again, 

Just as those before us who worked to move us to Now from Then.

First, we must remember that "Yes We Can" 

Was simply so much more than a single man– 

That rallying call was built on aspiration,

Calling out to us all as if a gauntlet thrown,  

A challenge sent out to the entire nation 

To earn the ideals that we claim to own. 

Yes, we can meet this challenge, but to do so, we must rise

Up to meet the gaze of all those with hate within their eyes-

Just as those before us who stood up to all the tyrants of the past,

Ironclad in their convictions, hope unconstrained by class or caste.

So in this Now we must speak out, vote, and protest; 

We must summon our strength of will and refuse to shrink

From the unending trials of our democratic contest 

With all those who seek to push us to the brink. 

For it is in all of the faces of our can-be-great nation

That we see how it is we will cope, 

Showing all, through our audacity and determination, 

The true Tenacity Of Our Hope.

--@thoughtsfromb4

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Bookwyrm :3

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Happy Pride Month!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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Signs You’re NOT Failing Your Path (Even If It Feels Like It) ‧₊˚ ☽ ⋅

• You’re questioning things. That’s not backtracking, that’s awareness. Reflection is part of growth.

• You feel disconnected but still care. The fact that you’re even worried about “doing enough” means you are invested, even if it doesn’t look how you thought it would.

• Your practice looks different than it used to. That’s not a failure, that’s evolution. You’re allowed to shift, rest, and redefine.

• You’re not doing spells every day/week. Magick doesn’t always look like candles and full rituals. Intentional living is magick. Quiet seasons are sacred, too.

• You’re tired. Rest is part of the work. You don’t owe your path performance or productivity. You are not less of a witch for being human.

• You haven’t figured it all out. Good. That means you’re still learning, and that’s the whole point!

You’re not behind! You’re not failing!

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you have to find small pockets of joy to survive in a world where there is a constant news cycle of bad things happening

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we need to slow down a little I'm so serious. all these quick short videos on tiktok, ig reels, and youtube, artists releasing quick little songs for the trend, tv shows releasing episodes at once, people using chat gpt and google ai overview because they get answers quickly but no validation done for the source, we need to sloww downn i really do not think our brains should be running this fast

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sorry i never replied. everyday is blending together and im losing sense of time

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I am a grown ass adult and I still get nausea when I feel like I'm in trouble. They're gonna send me to the principals office and take away my toys for a week. Can you just fucking kill me instead of making me stew in my fucking anxiety

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Finding the little joys in life has made every day just a little bit easier.

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thinking about seasonal writing cycles—how human the experience to be stunned by a realization you’ve made each year, feeling as though it’s the first.

schuylerpeck / instagram: hiitssky

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sorry boss can't come in today i was on my way to work and then a gentle spring breeze kissed my cheek and reminded me it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world

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the thing about having a job is i just don’t want to do it. Sorry