She said only come to me if you’re in good faith why don’t you consider your intention seek to understand before you lunge out into lecture I paused took a moment to reflect on the meaning honest, law-abiding, with intention and purpose even if producing unfortunate results it wasn’t a shield for us to hide behind in silence no it wasn’t a guarantee of comfort and ease streamlined guiding me to understand and take your position good faith, to me was putting pieces on the table for both of us to see the stories we tell ourselves who we have a right to be the why behind the scene and who we may affect downstream the red lines we won’t cross to reach an end by any means you accuse me of not coming, to meet in good faith but, see I understand you now, more than ever
Thank you, Noha! ☺️ I'm glad you liked those lines. I feel like when we show our beliefs, we're telling people "here I am, and I have a right to be here" and sometimes it can feel really risky to do that if we think others are going to invalidate our choices. They are ours to make and I was inspired by your Post (and how much consideration you put into creating a space to talk about the issue). It had a ripple effect if others like me are making their own inspired work, so thank you!
Van, I really liked the poem, especially these lines:
"good faith, to me
was putting pieces
on the table
for both of us to see
the stories
we tell ourselves
who we have a right to be"
Thank you, Noha! ☺️ I'm glad you liked those lines. I feel like when we show our beliefs, we're telling people "here I am, and I have a right to be here" and sometimes it can feel really risky to do that if we think others are going to invalidate our choices. They are ours to make and I was inspired by your Post (and how much consideration you put into creating a space to talk about the issue). It had a ripple effect if others like me are making their own inspired work, so thank you!