Building Communities of Care to Dismantle Empire

I have been getting consistently sick. Something I think happens and is common when you're in a constant state of stress and living through these traumatic times.

I am grateful that in times like these, I have friends that call and check on me, that offer their help in any way that they can.

These are the communities and friendships I have been cultivating over the years. Communities of care. Because we shouldn't have to carry all of this on our own, we shouldn't have to be strong all of the time.

While I have been sick, my friends have been sending me feel good movies and shows to watch while I rest and nourish my body and soul back to health. 🤲 I appreciate that so much and feel like it's a whole love language, for real ❤️

So as I sit in bed recovering, I decided to watch the newest season of Squid games.
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This was just too much. It was like how many things can we put humans through to see if they break? 🤬

Spoiler Alert: if you have been watching Squid Games season 2 you know that there is a pregnant participant in the games. So In season 3, this pregnant woman gets put through some unimaginable traumas and stresses, that she doesnt seem to have a choice but to keep limping and crawling forward. The only saving grace and comfort she had were the few descent humans that stopped and cared for her and shielded her. These humans knew that to protect life, we must center women and children, and the Earth, for these are the very things that keep the cycles of life going .

And honestly, lately I have felt like this pregnant woman trying to give birth to my creations and new ways of life, but challenges just keep being thrown at me to keep me down, stuck, feeling powerless and depleted. 😮‍💨 And I hear and feel from some of the men around me, how women these days are lazy, how generations ago women would wake up at 3am to tend to everyone 😅 And I think to myself, literally how much more do these patriarchal men want us to put up with and endure?

As I reflect on comments like these, and shows like this, and I know that they obviously do the most to try to shock people to awaken us to this system of greed we are currently living in.

If you live in the United States we are going through such horrible times, showing the worst sides of humanity. Budget bills being passed that focus more on the persecution and militarization of people than they do on providing systems of care for people.

It's like we are living through a real life squid games. We have the ability to vote and choose differently, to build systems that center and protect life, yet somehow here we are living in a country who instead sets out to control and destroy life. 😖😤
Because if you haven’t realized it yet, our lives don't matter to them, the only purpose our lives serve to this government and system is how to make more profit and money off of us. They don't care if we are living well.

I think another thing I realized is that these shows and governments are just another part of the 4D agenda trying to hijack our nervous systems and leave these imprints in our minds that make us believe that the majority of society is heartless and evil and don't care about us. And I refuse to believe that this is true. Yes, let's be aware of and speak out against these evil systems, and work at dismantling them, but we also do that by creating something new, by creating the alternative, so as this oppressive system crumbles people can see this other way of living that is completely possible when we stop competing for resources and wealth, and begin to share resources and redistribute power. 🫴

I can speak from the heart confidently in this because I have seen the alternative and I am seeing it blooming all around me. Here in Los Angeles where fire has literally been raining down on us since the beginning of the year, with the Eaton and Palisades fires and now with the ICE Raids and military being sent in to try to control us, intimidate us, and silence us. Yes, there is a real fear, stress, and sacred rage we have all been processing and going through. But there has also been a deep resolve, resiliency and commitment around building alternatives, building communities of care, shielding, protecting and loving each other. So, I invite you to keep your hearts open and your minds clear, see the beautiful things that are also being created around you, and the beautiful things that want to be birthed from within you. Find community to nurture you, so when your light feels dim, and your cup gets empty, they can refuel you, revive you, and literally breathe life back into you. These systems may want us fighting each other for resouces as a way to entertain themselves, but we are not buying into their agendas. We are staying in our rituals, seeding our prayers, singing our songs, marching with our drums, paving new paths with a love that centers and protects our Earth Mother, humanity, and the entire web of life.🕸🌏🤲❤️