When the status quo is harmful and dehumanizing love is the alternative. It is the force that interrupts. That says no. That stands up for dignity and decency. That stands strong in the knowing that we are all are worthy of life. We all deserve to exist free from fear. Free from contempt. Free from harm. Free from terror.

We all deserve compassion and humanity. We all deserve truth and dignity.

When the status quo is inhumane then love is a rebellion. It is a revolution. Love is a call to action. It is a reflection of our agency and our ability to show up and contribute to the life we are creating. Love is a tradition. Love is a brave and unrelenting truth.

Right now, most things feel like a fight. Humanity exists on the other side of action and agency. Love is the thing that fights. Love has always been the thing that fights. And that is good! And beautiful! And powerful! The legacy of love as rebellion has been passed on to us, and it remains our legacy to continue so long as scarcity remains.


And yet, and also, and still, love is not a fight. It just is. We just are. It is who we are. We don’t have to earn it, or claim it, or prove it. We don’t have to convince anyone that we are worthy of it. We don’t have to wait for anyone to decide that it’s time to do things differently. We don’t have to change anyone or anything to be worthy of knowing love. To be capable of meeting love. Without the context of the status quo, love just is.

And that gets to be here too!

The quiet truth that at least within me, love lives. At least within me, there is a seed of knowing. A truth that has endured. A clarity that relies on no external forces. At least within me, there is no controversy. There is healing, and unlearning, and remembering... but there is no controversy.

Your existence does not threaten me. Your ability to live and thrive does not take from me. The beauty of your difference does not invalidate me. The love you receive leaves no less for me. The calm that you feel stirs no storms in me. The safety you know is no harm to me. The love that you meet is no loss to me. The truth of your existence does not erase me. The depths of your suffering will not heal me. The light of your love, could never dim my own.

And that gets to be here too.

Let love be what fuels our rebellion, as we recall the force that love is.