While I am still celebrating the recent Supreme Court rulings on DOMA and Prop 8, I know the work is not done. There are still many states that do not have marriage equality. There are injustices that need to be changed around voting rights. Our work continues.
Peace isn’t passive. Sometimes peace looks like loud voices, other times contemplation. There is a time to expand and a time to contract. There is a time to sit and a time to stand.
There is always a time to love. Love is action.
As Byron Katie says, “I’ve heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts because they’re afraid that without them they wouldn’t be activists for peace. “If I feel peaceful,” they say, “why would I bother taking action at all?” My answer is “Because that’s what love does.” To think that we need sadness or outrage to motivate us to do what’s right is insane. As if the clearer and happier you get, the less kind you become. As if when someone finds freedom, she just sits around all day with drool running down her chin. My experience is the opposite. Love is action.”
Now is the time. Love is the action.