World, please don't worry

World, please don't worry. Don't worry about what has happened to me and my family, or what may still happen to us. If you must worry about something, then worry about something bigger. Worry about the humanity of an entire people. Or worry about a world falling into the hands of those who have lost their humanity.

Yes, this is a "war". But it is a war on humanity, a war on children's innocence, on trees and flowers, on unborn children in their mothers' wombs, on everything ordinary that gives life its dignity, on everything that breathes and resists, on every act of kindness, on everything beautiful, on reason and common sense. It is an ongoing massacre on our deepest vulnerabilities, on our capacity to love ourselves, and on the compassion we hold for one another. It is a war against Allah. It is a war against every religion and every prophet. It's a war against our ability to connect with the creator and the creation. It is a war against every time and every place. It is a war against the entire planet and al its people. It is a war against the sky and the moon, against the sea and its waves, against nature itself, and against every effort to preserve care, and dignity.

We are miserable not because we are weak, but because we are human enough to feel the unbearable pain of injustice and oppression, and the immense suffering they have brought. VWe suffer because we are human. We feel miserable because there seems to be no escape from this war.

A post like this is all l can bring myself to share, because it is the reality I wake up to, struggle through, and fll asleep to every single day. I wish this were not my life. less