The past few days have been beautiful here in Detroit. A few days ago I walked a four mile trek from a friend’s house back to my place. It was warm when I left, but the thing about April in Michigan is that it’s warm in the day, but cold at night. I began to rush. My heart sped up, I began to sweat. Two miles into my journey I was already tired, two to go I began to take it easy. It was dark, and I was tired, and walking was hard. When I started thinking to myself, is organizing for the long haul like taking a walk? We can expend all our energy and get burnt out fast in the here and now. Or we can think about the future, and take rests, and have the energy tomorrow that we’ll need. And getting to were we want to be, a just and humane world, means winning the hearts and minds of more and more people. We, as individuals, have a limited capacity, but when we combine our energy into something focused, something with a goal, and a purpose, we can move mountains. We, as activist may be ready to go there. But we are also organizers, and we must go there together.
April 18, 2008...9:43 pm
Spring time and organizing for the long haul
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April 24, 2008 at 4:20 am
That’s inspiring my dear. Pretty poetic.