selfless courage. two words that at first glance, mean so little, but pack a huge punch. at the beginning of 2016, my youth group decided to be selflessly courageous for the year, and see how our lives changed. it's not an easy thing, to be selflessly courageous. to be honest, i hardly thought about it until 2017 rolled around, and our leader asked, "so, how did you show selfless courage this year?" and i thought to myself, "oh shoot." but the truth is, i did show selfless courage. just not in the way i thought i would.
by now, it's well into 2017. it was time to pick a new "theme" for the year, but i decided to stick with selfless courage. and yesterday, i experienced true selfless courage for the first time. yesterday, i was given the great opportunity to march with 500,000 other women and men in washington dc. we came together, flooding subway car after subway car, filling every cramped space with as many people as humanly possible. and in the midst of all the chaos deemed pointless to many, we made a statement. we showed washington dc what friendly and peaceful truly looks like. although the city was teeming with neon-green-vested police officers ready to combat whatever chaos might ensue, each person showed kindness and friendliness to every person throughout the day. filling the city with sign after sign inviting in peace and love, 500,000 of us marched through the street without a single incident. we all came for different reasons, yet all seemed to unite for a common purpose: change. good change. whatever that may be ... whether love, friendliness, peace. that's up for interpretation. we all showed love, received love, and want to see more love, in a world filled with so much hatred and violence. it's amazing how much you can learn from a child, standing on stage, shouting into a microphone at the top of her lungs, "si, se puede, si se puede... yes we can, yes we can." and it's true ... we can. the world needs more love, and we can be the ones to spread it.
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Betsy Sadler
1/23/2017 06:43:15 pm
Pure conviction. Believe what you say and say what you believe. Go for it___ in the name of love and peace. Perfect Sara Beth. Just perfect.
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