Because in this way alone we can survive, by taking part in a process of life that is creative and continuing, that is growth. Because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway, whether or not we speak. The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility. Vaclav Havel, addressing U.S. Congress Power, privilege, and position are great resources. Use them well.
Most people know what is wrong in the world.
But change can never take place if we don't get out of our comfort zones and our old patterns. Change requires that we move out of whatever place we are in and let what is obsolete in us die in order for rebirth to take place. If we can begin to look at ourselves as the eyes and voices of the Ancestors, we will see ourselves as the people who have been picked not only to do the garbage-cleaning job but also to start the healing work. In Women Visionaries for the Next Millenium Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. This much we can say.