Love Bullying

At work I have earned the nickname of the "Love Bully." What that captures is not only the fact that I love intensely, but also that I actively wield my love as a force (ideally for good). In the past couple days, I have deeply appreciated that so many of my friends have served as active allies, using their love as a balm for my pain. I believe in God as a spirit of love, and I have never felt more surrounded by that love. I have also been deeply inspired by my former students, true forces of nature for love, who shared messages such as:

• "I am trying very hard to focus on my energy on being motivated to continue fighting for what I know is right."
• "I will NEVER stop fighting against hate . . . and neither will you. We can do this!"
• "This troubling time in many of our lives gives us the unique opportunity to take this anger that we are feeling and instead be the positive change we wish to see in this world. Together we are very powerful, and we can never forget that."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that, "Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love." Let's unleash all of our love bully power onto the world. And let's keep giving each other the strength to do it. We rise up stronger together.