Keep Sitting

I was reading a post over at 37days about  four black college students who sat down at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. on February 1 (50 years ago) The 'Greensboro Four,' along with friends and supporters, returned to the counter every day for six months until the lunch counter was desegregated.

I could not share what I wanted, without you reading the above facts first. Patti Digh goes on to say that "We need to keep sitting. It's too easy to get all worked up about something, write a post about it, retweet a mention of it, send a cheque, and cross it off our list. We need to be in this for the long haul." (full post)

Hmmm. ..I guess I feel exacxtly the same way.  

When I post a link, or talk about social injustice, chemicals, eating whole foods etc.  

I thought others were actually listening/reading and (hopefully, at least once a year) making a mental note of it.  

Like a friend supporting you and your cause, as I have absolutely no idea of how this works because it hasn't happened yet you bitch and complain about it constantly.  

Even when they don't fully believe it themselves...but believe in you.

Why have we made a silent, unspoken agreement to not do significant work in the world?

Patti firmly believes we are not doing significant work in the world. 

If you are a parent, a teacher, a community member, a human being living on this planet, it is your work to do. 

Let's stop fooling ourselves that we are too insignificant to make a difference, that it is not our work in the world to make this planet hospitable to all humans.

She ended with this beautiful string of small, but monumental statements.

Mindfulness. Mindful of others. Mindful of injustice and hate and judgment. Let's sit for someone who hasn't a seat. Let's.