Sometimes what is happening in the world is so terrifying and urgent that we forget our complexity, or wonder why we would spend time on ourselves or take time for our friendships when there is so much external work to do. What I am noticing is that it is not a privilege to practice coevolution through friendship—it is the deepest work. I believe it is how communities have survived. I believe it is Harriet Tubman going back to free others, because it wasn’t enough to free only herself. I believe it is Ubuntu91 active in my life. I believe it is the freedom that we are longing for, which will
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