Adam Abraham, writing for The Abolitionist Examiner on Reflections On Change: Tapping the Power Within
Change is something that happens in the way I see things… for example, life, love, fairness, opportunity, and possibility. If I see no positive possibility or opportunity; or if I only focus my attention on the hatred and unfairness that I see; or if my attention is only “tuned” to deficits and gaps that divide people, it doesn’t mean that there are no opportunities, fairness, or kindness. It doesn’t mean that the gaps are overriding in their meaning, or that those who currently “lag” cannot eventually lead. It simply means that such gifts of life are less likely to find their way to me. And if that happens, it will appear to me that nothing has changed, even though so much will have.
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