We usually think of resistance in terms of speaking out, but it is also possible to resist the pull of a dysfunctional system or society buy being careful and thoughtful about what we say, speaking up only when we have good reason to believe that what we say is true.
When have you decided it was better not to speak until you had more information?
“The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.”
―Eckhart Tolle
What are you avoiding?
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
―Rosa Parks
What gives you courage to resist injustice?
Whatever the circumstances, it is always true that things could be better—and we could be better in how we respond to our circumstances. And the reality is also that sometimes we make things better, and sometimes we don’t.
What blocks you from trying to make changes in your own life or the wider world?
“The history of liberty is a history of resistance.”
―Woodrow Wilson
What historical act of resistance inspires you?
