Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives Are the Ones We Love

by Brit Barron

We have got to get out from under the idea that we can arrive; we have to be willing to make the boundaries and do the work that is in front of us today, right now, this moment, and when it changes, we change with it.

You cannot look at a movement like that and ask, “What was the right way to respond? What was the most helpful approach?” No, you look at a movement like that and let it be a reminder that your job is to take your imagination, your resources, your position in life, and act as only you can. We really need to stop trying to have our action be the most socially acceptable approach, and we need to start understanding that we are a part of a bigger movement. Your role is not going to look the same as the next person’s in your newsfeed, and if it does, I would suggest you dig deeper.

It takes thousands of people working from all angles to make a movement move. If you get caught up in the critique and stop moving every time someone (probably on the internet) has a different vantage point, then I question your ability to get very far. Go with what you know, learn along the way, adapt to new information, but please do not let all of the outside noise keep you from acting on that sacred and holy imagination you have running through your mind. It will not be perfect; I guarantee you will make mistakes, but that is the exact kind of human action we need right now.