From the mind of critic: “If we get shaken to our core and start questioning our soul’s motivation, how do we protect ourselves from being shaken again? Do we put up such a hardened wall, that niether light, love nor positive energy can provide the jackhammer needed to bust through? Do we build a bridge big enough so all the darkness, hate and negative energy can provide the mac trucks needed to pour through and tear apart the last vestiges of our being? Or do we neither build a wall to block love from coming in nor a bridge to let hate come in, but a scale so we can decide everything on a case by case basis, which allows us to critically think and then decide what love and hate is, means and how it plays out collectively? Many of us have had traumatic experiences, broken hearted experiences and experiences that make us wonder if we’ll ever find what we’re looking for. Once we realize that by defining what love means to us and what hate means to us, not only will we know them when we see them, so we know what to hang on to and what to get rid of, but we’ll see that by consciously pursuing this balance, walls will only be erected to keep out the dark, and bridges only to bring in the light. Our world, our nation is entering a new time when we’ll be shaken so much, we will collectively ask as a nation what we stand for. Everything is so blatant because we ignored it for so long, making us unable to hide anymore. If we still choose to ignore or standby, we are no longer hiding from our issues, we are taking part in letting them happen. Positive change isn’t made with neutrality, but action. Do we want to control our actions, or others?” 🙂