as if we could

"yeah, we can't think we're going to save the world, but we have to be crazy enough to act as if we could."

thank you, paul dixon.

potential is different from reality, and should therefore not create expectation, but maybe it is true that a change in perceptions can change reality. einstein thought it could, he thought we have the ability to reimagine the future.

so we must step forward--default toward action--as if the world can change, and the destructive systems that are destroying humanity and our world don't have to win. that we can change them, and turn them into beautiful, creative systems, with the potential to allow creation again and again. creation of new life.

crazy enough to act as if we could.

but how do you help make that potential for the creation of new life a reality? what's the best way?

i know it has to do with throwing off the chains that bind us into our current systems. but this question has been prevalent in much of my thought lately, because that's what i want to do--that's what i want to be--someone who is a part of the fight against that oppression seeking to bring freedom in unfree places. i know that is where my liberation will be found in some way, for our liberty is truly collective.

but about that question regarding the best way:

later in our conversation, paul said, "i think if we enter a community with an intention to change the world, it can corrupt our love for those around us. but if we love those around us, and change the world because of it... that's what i want. we don't have all the answers. it is arrogant to assume that what we are doing will ever be noticed or that we are even doing the right thing at all, but we have to act as if every second could be the difference in life or death for one of our loved ones."

the motivation must be love, and the way must be filled with it.

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it: Always."

-Gandhi

love wins.

and another random thought (this is one of those songs that puts words to my thoughts):

i feel like i've been living in a city with no children in it
a garden left for ruin by a millionaire inside a private prison
you never trust a millionaire quoting the sermon on the mount.
i used to think i was not like them, but i'm starting to have my doubts.
when you're hiding underground, the rain can't get you wet."

-the arcade fire in "city with no children"