close your eyes. think about the past. about the people who have lived before us. specifically those who were born at a certain time, at a certain place. that because of those circumstances were not given a fair chance at happiness, at living life to the fullest. for instance...there was a time when it was legal to buy slaves in nyc. (side note: where you used to buy slaves, is now where you can buy tickets to see the statue of liberty...interesting, interesting) a time when women could not vote. and of course more. so much more inequality. here. everywhere. our history is full of blood. of tears. and how far we have come in the last 100 years. African-Americans and women gained the right to vote. but how far we haven't come. as i was walking the streets this weekend, i kept picturing the civil rights rallies. the sit-ins. the protests. how they fought. and how it changed everything.

i feel little. powerless. i have been watching the protests in california for the gay-rights movement. its our time. the lovers. the friends. the children. the adults. we have a new civil rights movement. a new kind of equality that needs to be fought for. yesterday i saw a movie that was based in 1950's south africa. a white women and black man were interested in one another, which of course was against the law. at one point in the movie a random white man asked the black man to get him water and the white women was so frustrated that she got the water for white guy. the white man walked out angry. and the women turned to her love interest and said "isn't it true that we as humans are losing are dignity?" the man looked at her and replied "some of us quicker then others." and i love what she said in response "yes, but not you. it was that man who lost his dignity we he asked you to get the water." isn't that true. no one is taking away my friends dignity, my dignity...they are taking away their own. when a human doesn't give respect to others regardless of race, gender, orientation...it is them who lose. who lose on what life is when it is full of love. of respect. of care.

i am determined to love and respect everyone. and i am in need to help people understand we are all human, all the same. 99.9% of our DNA is the same. literally, only .1% of us is different. there is always more connecting us then dividing us. if you do not understand someone, ask. listen. the more people you know. the more you will understand. equality is not complicated. it just starts with understanding, and continues on in love. i am ready to walk. to sit-in. to speak. to listen. to be. for equality. cause my loving heart is hurting.