Happy Soul Food Friday!
This week:
Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation:
Though I am gone, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe
John Lewis wrote this essay shortly before his death, to be published upon the day of his funeral…
“Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble.
Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/john-lewis-civil-rights-america.html
President Obama Calls for Voter Protections in Fiery John Lewis Eulogy:
Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton gave speeches on Thursday at the funeral for Rep. John Lewis, revered civil rights leader and Democratic congressman from Georgia who died earlier this month…
https://news.yahoo.com/obama-calls-for-voter-protections-in-fiery-john-lewis-eulogy-191131999.html
And Now for Something Lighter:
(Back by popular demand)
Time to stop watching the “news” and enjoy Mother Nature.
Beautiful pictures help us balance against the bad things going
Thanks this week go to all conscious leaders like the great John Lewis, and that same conscious leader that lives within you!
Please help get out the VOTE!
Love,
Neville
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.”
–Elie Wiesel
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