Thank You = Resistance

Because, she said his request to purchase Greenland was “absurd,” he called her “nasty.” Apart from the sexism of a powerful man calling a woman, in this case the leader of an allied nation, nasty, this seems like a case of the pot calling the kettle black. (To put it mildly.) He who regularly calls other people names and uses language to bully and belittle taking offense at the word absurd for a tweet which was, in fact, just that.
All of this is becoming normal and that is scary.
Each day it is more of the same.
Each day I feel the knot in my stomach.
Each day I struggle with what in the world I can do.

Maybe it has come to this.
Each time I am kind to another, it is an act of resistance.
Each time I listen and take seriously the story and history of another, it is an act of resistance.
Each time I confess my ignorance and admit that I don’t know everything, it is an act of resistance.
Each time I acknowledge that others know more than I do, it is an act of resistance.
Each time I do my best to confront my own prejudices, it is an act of resistance.
Each time I say Thank you, it is an act of resistance.
Each time I say Please it is an act of resistance.
Each time I am generous, it is an act of resistance.
Each time I show respect, it is resistance.
Each time I apologize and say I’m sorry, it is an act of resistance.
Each time I accept responsibility for my actions, it is an act of resistance.
Each time.

Maybe someday all this will be normal again, but until then….