What would you speak up for?

They came first for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
They they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for ME and by that time no one was left to speak up!
-Pastor Martin Niemoller 1892-1984

I've often heard the old saying: If you don't stand up for something...you stand for nothing, at all! How fitting this is in regards to what we have been participating in. Embracing and speaking up for those who are oppressed is our calling. We can't sit back and remain silent!
What can we do locally to affect change globally?

"There is divine beauty in learning, just as there is human beauty in tolerance. To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps." -Eli Weisel



This week, let's remember to give thanks for the people around us and for those who are no longer here, who have helped or continue to help define who we are! We are, after all, a product of life which has been here before us. To walk in the footsteps of those who walked before us and those who walk with us is an honour we should never forget.

Cheers to humanity for affording us the opportunity to LIVE...LOVE...LAUGH!