“The day he realized that it was not about him at all, but rather was about the world through which he walked, was the day he finally grew wings. The day she understood that she was not answerable to any of them who always blamed and pointed and dismissed and damned and criticized and ordered her around, was the day she finally rekindled the fire blazing behind her eyes. And so it was that they and all like them finally rose and soared towards the heavens. And so it was that the whole world looked upon them all in awe and wished if only they could be them. Nevermore confined to the mere ground, they lived a higher life and could fly to greater eyries. And yet even though they had transcended the realms of fear and need, even though they were fully free from the bonds of duty and obligation and debt that still strangled so many of their brethren, even though they could have easily remained above and away from the turmoils of the commons down below, they flew down every day into that violence & chaos anyway. They had transcended the same, yes, and yet moving above the discord had allowed them to see that they had been forever summoned to free others from the same. They had relit their wings of fire and they left trails of light everywhere they went, trails for all to follow who would or could … Similarly, you too are here, alive and awake and on fire. And for whatever reasons you too have fought your battles and set yourself free to love and serve and light the way out of the shadows. , The time has come for you to realize the same; the time has come for you to focus on the strengths that pulled you up when the entire world had knocked you down – and swoop down to awaken the same in all who have been similarly felled down below.” ~ inspired by Akshay Vasu & Nikki Rowe

Filed under: Peace Pilgrimage #02: Walking HOME (2019) by Scaughdt