Choosing Your Humanity

Collective grief and rage are very palpable right now.
 
Many of you have shared how heavy your hearts feel. How shocked, outraged, and sad you are about what you’re witnessing in Minnesota and across the United States.
 
What we’re seeing isn’t just politics. It’s the old patriarchal paradigm showing itself clearly—the paradigm of domination. The either/or that says there are those who have power over others, and those who are powerless.
 
This worldview has been around for so long that many of us have forgotten something essential:
We are not powerless.
 
We are living in a time of transition—from domination to dominion. From separation to unity. From fear-based power to shared humanity. 
 
That shift doesn’t happen quietly or neatly, and it doesn’t mean the harm we’re witnessing isn’t real. It is.
 
So, how do we stay open without burning ourselves out or hardening our hearts?
 
You start with yourself; it always begins with you.
 
You ground into your body. You regulate your nervous system and source safety from within, rather than from anything external.
 
You feel what you feel fully and vent anger and sadness in healthy, empowered ways. 
 
You reclaim your inner authority. Which also means standing firmly in your values: compassion, care, and the inherent worth of human life, while living those values in how you treat others.
Every small act of kindness, presence, and integrity matters more than you can even imagine. 
 
You don’t need to absorb every headline or stay plugged into outrage to care deeply. You are allowed to step back, put the phone down, and tend to your nervous system and your heart. Caring for yourself is not disengagement, it’s sustainability.
 
This is not easy. None of it is.
 
So be gentle with yourself. Process in the ways that support you. Rest when you need to.
 
Choosing your humanity in times like these is not passive. It is a quiet, radical act of power.