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Freedom of Speech lesson 2
1)The world will say to you, "Be a better person."(...) Start by being a better listener. Start by being better at walking down the street. See people. Say, "Hello." Ask how they are doing and listen to what they say. Start by being a better friend, a better parent, a better child to your parents; a better sibling, a better lover, a better partner. Start by being a better neighbor. Meet someone you do not know, and get to know them.
2)The world will say to you, "What are you going to do?" Do not be afraid to say, "I know I can't do everything, but I can do something." Walk into more rooms saying, "I'm here to help." (..)
3)The world will say to you, "We need peace." Find your peace within, hold it sacred, bring it with you everywhere you go. (..)
4)The world will say to you, "They are the enemy." Love enough to know that just because someone disagrees with you, it does not make them your enemy. You may not win an argument, you may not change a mind. (..)
5)The world will say to you, "We need justice." Investigate. Find truth beyond the stories you are told. Find truth beyond the way things seem. Ask, "Why?" Ask, "Is this fair?" Ask, "How did we get here?" Do this with compassion. Do this with forgiveness. Learn to forgive others. Start by truly learning how to forgive yourself. (..)
6)The world will say to you, "I am violent." Respond by saying, "I am not. Not with my words and not with my actions."
7)The world will say to you, "We need to heal the planet." Start by saying, "No, thank you. I don't need a plastic bag." Recycle, reuse. Start by picking up one piece of trash on your block.
8)The world will say to you, "There are too many problems." Do not be afraid to be a part of the solutions. Start by discussing the issues. We cannot overcome what we ignore. (..)
9)The world will say to you, "We need to end racism." Start by healing it in your own family. (..)
10)The world will say to you, "There is so much hate." Devote yourself to love. Love yourself so much that you can love others without barriers and without judgment. (..)
11) We spend so much time thinking we don't have the power to change the world. We forget that the power to change someone's life is always in our hands. Change-making does not belong to one group of people; it belongs to all of us. (..)
We don't have to be heroes, wear a uniform, call ourselves activists or get elected to participate. We just have to be brave enough to care. (..)
Cleo Wade (an American artist, poet, activist, and author.) In 2017, Cleo Wade gave a TED talk entitled "Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care", which has garnered over 1.5 million views on TED's website : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg8SBuTuoKk
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