A Call To Remember Our Shared Humanity

I write this today not from a political position, but from a human one, one that takes in all life.

What I see around us is fear-based messaging that divides, destabilizes, and dehumanizes. This isn’t leadership. It is an erosion of trust, dignity, and our shared sense of belonging.

For me, this is about human rights, animal rights, and the rights of our Earth.

It is about coexistence.

It is about basic care, respect, and maturity, and not causing harm for the benefit of a few self-serving interests in positions of power.

We are not separate beings. We are a collective, shaped by thousands of years of evolution, capable of wisdom, perspective, compassion and collaboration. We have prefrontal cortices for a reason: to pause, reflect, and recognize that we are far more alike than we are different, and to remember that we carry responsibility to ourselves, to one another, to all beings, and to this planet.

Difference does not have to be a threat. It can be an invitation to understand, and to shape and build new systems and new ways of relating that are rooted in ethics, integrity, mutual respect, and the wellbeing of us all.

I stand for compassionate connection.

For belonging.

For nonviolence.

For leadership that is impeccable, trustworthy, heart-centered, responsible, and accountable to the whole, not driven by greed, blame, othering, or insatiable self-interest.

My wish is to live this life in a way that I can live with myself, where I recognize my impact on others of all kinds, and where I leave this world having served the greater good rather than have taken from it.

I don’t claim to have all the answers. I don’t know every lived experience. But I choose humility. I choose to stay teachable. I choose to remember my interconnectedness and my responsibility for the impact I have on others, especially those whose voices are marginalized or unheard. I choose accountability. I choose ethical living. This is a messy path, and one I commit to walking to the best of my ability.

May this be a time for us to recognize our shared responsibility to one another and to our planet, and to rise in nonviolent ways against corruption, harm, fear-mongering, hypocrisy, gaslighting, and oppressive acts that dishonor who we are capable of being, both as individuals and as a people.

May we rise into leadership rooted in wisdom, truth, compassion, and democracy.

May we remember that how we treat one another matters, and that coexistence is not optional if we want a future worth living in.

May all beings have enough.

May all being be free from fear and suffering.

May all beings feel safe, protected, and loved.

I share this to speak my truth. I share this as a call from my heart that we come together and say no more to dishonest, harmful, violent, demeaning, and dehumanizing acts. We are better than this.

I wish all beings, especially those I do not yet understand, and myself, the capacity to face ourselves honestly and bravely, to live from inner knowing, and from a heart that is fiercely compassionate, humble, and oriented toward unity.

May we heal the unmet pain that causes so much suffering.

May we forgive ourselves and one another.

May we create peace, belonging, and purposeful, ethical living.