Be careful of the stories on offer;
test them for who they tell you
you can be and we can be.
Look for the liberatory ones,
the ones that open doors and
take you through the gates,
not the ones that slam them.
The ones that invite you to expand,
not contract, to expand in care,
in awareness, in connection.
Rebecca Solnit, We Were Made for This, Meditations in an Emergency
