"People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave." -Assata Shakur "People get used to anything...", I think trauma is a lot like this. So many people are not conscious of the trauma their bodies are processing and have gotten used to the aches, pains, confusion & frustration of

The constant awareness as a living being that suffering exists and will always exist can be hard to process, but makes it no less true. As we experience deep moments of suffering throughout the world, we come back to the reality that all we can control is our breath. Instead of isolating ourselves, letting the fear from 24/7 news cycles eat our insides, or allowing violence to divide us, let's come together. Let's talk together about solutions. Let's love our neighbors. L