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Use Love: Learn How to Throw Off Oppression From Obi Wan Kenobi

Use Love: Learn How to Throw Off Oppression From Obi Wan Kenobi

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Obi Wan Kenobi throws off Darth Vader

Spoiler alert: Obi Wan season finale.

The future is our inspiration. Our legacy is meaningful to us. We can't abandon the next generation to malevolent forces.

Obi Wan wasn't a parent. He was a Jedi, in a hole in the ground, crushed under a pile of rubble he'd been buried beneath by Vader. What sparked him to revive, throw off those rocks and re-engage the struggle with his former apprentice Anakin?

Was it his past that flashed before his eyes? Revenge? No. It was images of Anakin's children, Leia and Luke, who he had sworn to protect. It was the future that revived him.

He was tired and depressed, but he couldn't give up on himself, because he had a had a mission.

We may have been warned by the leak, but I wasn’t ready for this SCOTUS attack.  

I feel some dejá vu. It’s a little like March 2020. I'm crushed. I’m not resourced, and my longing to be a resource for my community is strong.

I'm about to take a well-earned break in the middle of nowhere. I’m m…

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