Care deeply about the world—but remember, you are not required to carry it in your bloodstream.
By all means care about the world. Deeply. But know that you are not required to carry it in your bloodstream.
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Pain does not disappear when we dump it on another — it circulates. In a shared human field, what we discharge returns, amplified. Healing begins not by transferring hurt, but by holding it with enough awareness for it to transform into depth, clarity, and compassion.
What people usually mean by “telling truth to power” is really speaking truth into fear, ego, and separation — not into real power at all. True power doesn’t need to be confronted. It can listen. It can bend. It can change. What resists truth is fragility dressed up as authority.
Shajareh Tayyebeh all-girls primary school. February 28th 2026
At seventy-seven, I feel less like I am ending and more like I am ripening — softer in body, clearer in heart, and more available than ever to let love move through me in service.