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in my religion (the baha'i faith), our prophet says that this world is like a lotus flower -- while the outermost petals might convince you that it is dying, inside of the core of the flower is a tight spindle of new growth that, when the time is right and the development mature enough, it will flower.
it's an artful way of saying that for as much as the world continues to worsen, it improves in quiet ways. in a time of oppression, we are building new community.
@Em0nM4stodonEm it is not to dismiss the very real violence and strife people face on a daily basis, now more than ever. but it is wisdom that asks people to look for the ways in which we can improve our world on an interpersonal basis.
that kind of community is the pancreas that freedom hides in, and all of us are doing that work to make the world better every day.
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