WHO WILL PROTECT OUR FREEDOM?

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WHO WILL PROTECT OUR FREEDOM?

Under the cover of silence
Thoughts run deep
A raging river of cast aspersions
Left to travel the distance
and land where they may
A voice that wants to speak
but it remembers the past
A heart that feels the pain
because it has been here before
A mind that goes places where tangled
thickets prevent passage
A land lost in the throes of war
Turning inside out
Pitting souls against one another
Spreading darkness wrapped as a gift
that masses can’t see through
Desolation
Charred remains of decency
A HARD LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED

I remember cowering in a closet consumed by fear. I wanted so desperately to run out and jump on the monster’s back and make him stop!

But I was so afraid. The fear paralyzed me. I couldn’t move.

The sounds made it very clear what would happen to me, and unfortunately, I chose self-preservation-which always made me feel like a coward!

I feel like it’s happening again! There’s another monster who is running rough shod through the landscape of our times and I can see the masses cowering in a closet for fear that the wrath will be turned on them.

Earlier this week I had two very different experiences. One a very close friend with different political opinions chose to “poke the bear,” and I still can’t figure out why. We’ve made it through these challenging times by letting love and respect reign over our differences.

The other was a relatively new friend. I witnessed her deep pain and shame over feeling like she is a coward-over feeling like she should be speaking up and doing something to help during these very fractured times.

These two events happened back-to-back, and the irony didn’t escape me.

The thing that became very clear to me is that cowering in a closet is an old, TIRED story that needs to go! I’m not saying that it’s not a natural response to fear. My goodness, Disney is a massive global media and entertainment giant, and their immediate reaction was to cower. But we also don’t have to put on a suit of armor and go to war to be a hero. “Fighting back” only increases the energy of fighting.

There has to be an answer – a way for people to agree to disagree without violence. A way for people to have a voice and not be afraid to use it – a way for all people to coexist and while not necessarily respect another’s opinion, at least respect their right to have it! Oh, wait – that already exists – doesn’t it?

It’s called THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES!

And it is one of the things that set our country apart from all others. And the moment that right is put into question by its own government is a moment where people need to wake up and take notice as to what is really going on!

That amendment allows me to write this piece. That amendment allows you to disagree with me and write it in a comment. If we lose it, we become prisoners who are locked in a tomb of feeling and knowing things, but who are unable to express them. We become minions who only follow, because we are afraid to lead.

Freedom of Speech is the cornerstone to creativity, and it is being threatened!

I talk about The Courage to Create and folks – there has never been a time in our lives where we needed more courage. We have one life, and we can live it consciously creating it from our truth – or we can turn around and walk back into the closet. We can ignore those trying to take away our liberties and when we try to come out of the closet the next time, we won’t even recognize the world.

I’m not completely sure how I will move forward in a way that feels right to my soul. Writing this piece has at least made me feel like less of a coward. I know we all have different roles that we are here to play, and I believe that mine is to put a spotlight on what is right, what is decent. I also know that you can’t fight darkness with darkness, you can only turn up the light. So, I will continue to CREATE with COURAGE and add my voice in the hopes that if we band together in light, we can truly tip the scales in favor of LOVE.

For those of you who are lightworkers and feel the pain and oppression of these turbulent times, I feel your pain. You are not alone!

BUT YOU ARE SO NEEDED!

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30 thoughts on “WHO WILL PROTECT OUR FREEDOM?”

      1. My prayer is with yours. I think you have expressed yourself so well. I think your personal story adds to it. You know how to be brave and it didn’t come easily. It’s easy to be brave when we don’t have real oppressors hovering over our faces threatening our lives and ultimate well-being in this body. I am with you. I think courage is also a process. Like with your friend, it’s a good sign that you wish more from her. We should bring this call to action to ourselves. I still experience so much fear. I don’t think of it as a judicable offense to be afraid. Real courage is feeling fear and acting anyways. The bullies are multiplying because they think might makes right. They care about amassing power. They want freedom of speech unless it reins them in. But ultimately, we each have expression and the right to speech and to disagree.

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        1. Wow, Ka! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful soul and your truth in this comment! I agree with you – WHOLEHEARTEDLY!! Quite honestly, it frightens me that our creativity is being threatened! And I agree that courage is a process…and it ebbs and flows. And it correlates directly to the amount of fear that is present. And how do we combat fear…I have always heard and believed it is with love! But when we are faced with the monsters who are louder…stronger, it creates more fear, and our natural tendency is to walk back into the closet. I spent too many years in that closet…crying…praying for something to change. And the thing that has changed is…ME! I don’t want hand to hand combat with the bullies because I know that doesn’t work. But I want to be ABLE to say what I think and to create things…create LIFE in a way that is authentic to my soul. May more people realize just how important this freedom is and find the courage to speak up. Find the courage to create and live the life that they came here to live.

          I am so grateful for your response…for your love…and most definitely for your creative heart that is full of courage!! <3 Thank you!

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          1. I’m so grateful for you, too. So much!! Also this:

            “Find the courage to create and live the life that they came here to live.”

            Yes!!!! We are deserving of the life we came here for!!!

            Endless love to you, and for you, Lorrie!! 💗💗💗

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  2. There is one very powerful thing in all of this Lorrie, they keep saying that it is up to us to create any change by our voting. But when you get a choice of this ‘idiot’ or the next, who are all manipulated by that very greed that wants our right of freedom of speech because of how badly that greed has made them out to be…where do you go? If in frustration it becomes an assassins bullet…that can only mean the ability of someone to govern the people, for the people has been lost. Sadly, sadly lost. I always pray the next one to govern does know what love is kind lady, for all our sake 🤗❤️🙏

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    1. Your lips to God’s ears, dear Mark! I can barely listen to the news as MULTIPLE times a day I get news breaks that tell of a new shooting!

      I don’t know where we are headed…it almost seems impossible that we can sustain this kind of upheaval…and injustice. I know my blog is tiny and I don’t reach many people, but it was empowering to write this post and publish it. I know we create our reality…and it seems the masses are fully aligned with what’s going on. I don’t know how we change that other than uniting in light and love and praying that we can reach more people and turn the tides.

      I hope you are well, my friend. Sending all good energy💜

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        1. Thank you, Mark 🙏 I appreciate your kind words. These are trying times and it can feel very dark. Deep down I suppose everyone is just trying to live. And we are all different. I just can’t stand when people whose heart’s are dark try to spin the narrative that they are loving and kind. This is when action speak much louder to me than words.

          Hope you have a brilliant week! Love and Light 💜

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  3. Thank you fore this wonderful post, Lorie. We seem to have awoken on the same page today. The need to be safe and the need to speak out so often seem to be in conflict. n, as you say, there is t hat question of HOW to speak out without adding to the harm. A so often the case, we can only do our best, and that has to be enough.

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    1. Hi Michael…yes! The nuance is a fine line. It feels oppressive at this point-trying to figure it out and stay true to a soft, loving nature! It’s like the more I see (and believe me I don’t purposely watch) the more angry I become and that only adds to that energy! I wish I could say that I was so evolved that it (or anything) doesn’t bother me…but I have not gotten there yet!!

      It’s nice to see you. And I hope that barring the topic of this post, that things are going well for you!
      Blessings🙏

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        1. Hi GP…thanks for writing back 🙂 I totally agree with what you said about the quote…I think we (at least I know I do!) get into trouble when we talk before we think.
          And I am happy I asked you to clarify, as I read a different meaning into your response, and that is probably because I felt a little vulnerable with posting my thoughts.

          It has been my pleasure to connect here for the past decade! Wow…DECADE!! And I hope that you are well 🙂

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  5. Bravo for your courage to write this post, Lorrie! I am so proud of you, and you are speaking for so many. What has happened to our country? I pray there will be change coming. I am looking forward to participating in the upcoming no kings protest! We are in this together!

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    1. Hi Judy <3 Thank you so much for adding your thoughts and beautiful energy here...ALWAYS! Yes, the way our country has moved away from the higher energies of love and compassion is just astounding at times. I think the hardest part for me has been to learn just how many people were holding back their true feelings - and now because the leadership has no problem spreading hate and violence, these people feel safe to spread it too. I don't expect us all to have the same ideals, but there seems to be a level of decency that is truly missing, and it makes me so sad.
      On another note, I send you all good energy and love and light, Judy! I miss you and hope to be connected with you and your energy soon!!
      All good things, friend <3

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