Good morning Relatives
how are you doing? the fall is arriving and I was reminded of Jane Fonda the other day when she popped up on the New York Times interview post. I love Jane Fonda she is herself and she is our champion like any good leader her mistakes are tempered by her willingness to admit she was wrong then get on with making strides in the corrected course. she has a tension in her voice that radiates power, commitment, and courage.
one of the best things that I love about her is that when I say I want to be her when I grow up, she would look me straight in the eye and say, " Snap out of it Mary! Be yourself!!! it's something I can never do."
and of course she would be correct I am something that no one else can do
Snap out of it!
there is no other that can ever be
as you as you are or as me as me
I can wish and I can moan
but into Jane Fonda I've never grown
her light can guide me her fight convince
that my grass is greener on this side of the fence
I'm not your mother I'm not your friend
I'm just a light that no saber can bend
we remember each other we try and try, again and again and if we have the courage to learn the willingness to free-fall into an idea that is different than the one we started with then we can use our resources instead of letting them rot in the have nots and could have bins
wake up and smell the cake burning! the house is on fire and Jane Fonda and I are outside with our light sabers waiting to see if you will run out and join us or if you will perish in the memory of who you thought you were or aught to be or are stuck in or wannabe
yes lives matter yes human beings come in different colors yes there are those who are and have been willing to use color as a weapon but that doesn't mean we have to participate in the madness of the past Jane Fonda teaches us every single day that no one is in charge of her reality no one gets to decide that black is black and white is right no one
NO ONE
be courageous learn the skill of not participating in acts that harm others stop accepting the premise that those who came before or are there first are in charge or have the authority of whatever course is being set deny them the right to tell you what is right
when you tear down or trash or burn or act in a hateful manner you are being exactly like the people who are willing to kill for color
don't kill for color
who ever thought that we would have to go all the way back to the first grade when I met and got to be best friends with a girl that was so amazing that I went back to school day after day not to do my homework or to get good grades or to be a good girl, I went back to school every day so that I could see her and hold hands and listen to her voice
she was my first friend I never knew that I wasn't supposed to be her friend because of my color because the color of my skin was different than hers
and that's it really that's the way to see things in a different light to begin by seeing that the color of my skin is the problem
my skin is not allowed in certain doors
my skin couldn't spend the night at her house
my skin is not nice
it's the mountain upside down
it's Jane Fonda standing beside me saying that's my girl
maybe when you see that your skin is the problem maybe you will decide that the problem is that there is a problem at all and you can dump that shit right where it belongs
love you,
mean it
