It seems in the world outside our door many people are wanting to get to know themselves. But, not in the way that we have. They want to know who they are, in terms of their ancestors. There is a popular PASTime sweeping the free world in which people can easily test their DNA to see where they hail from. To learn their connections and their family tree.
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A coffee buddy initiated a discussion that goes like this: what would happen if all laws were suspended for one day? He contends that there would be anarchy, that people who were otherwise law-abiding citizens, would rob, rape and murder.
His baby girl was born on a warm summer morning in June. He immediately saw something in her eyes, something that both awed and frightened him. As he held her in his arms, he wondered, maybe what all fathers wonder in that moment, how was he going to protect her? How was he going to keep her safe in a world that didn’t feel so safe, especially for girls, and women?
One thing we have become aware of in our awakening is that true freedom can’t be legislated or enforced. That we can’t protect others or rescue them from their oppressors. They have to give themselves permission to set their own freedom in motion.
