Keep the dream alive. There’s something each of us can do to help. Everything we do matters, no matter how small.
Those who dismiss these moments because of their flaws need to look harder at what joy and hope shine out of them and what real changes have, historically, emerged because of them, even if not always directly or in the most obvious or recognizable ways. Change is rarely as simple as dominos. Sometimes, it’s as complex as chaos theory and as slow as evolution. Even things that seem to happen suddenly turn out to be flowers that emerge from plants with deep roots in the past or sometimes from long-dormant seeds.
I’m picking up new energy from working with an OFA regional coordinator veteran of the 2008 and 2012 elections. She’s inspired and its highly contagious.
