Tuesday, 19 December 2023

But Love And I Had the Wit to Win

 https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8703-he-drew-a-circle-that-shut-me-out--heretic-rebel





“He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In!” 

Edwin Markham

Don't give up. Listen to the broken hearted misogynist capitalists. Let them know you are listening. Listening is how we can connect to the wider world which we cannot control.

We can use a gun to kill people, use a bomb to blow up cities, hire an obedient army, cut funding for those who need it most, write articles for news outlets, teach at schools, provide medicine to the sick and give birth to new fresh minds, raise them tenderly, teach them to be witnesses to what is going on, win a seat in government, study history - but we cannot control the future. 





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