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THIS! I'm saving this to read every day!

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A soulfully written piece. Beautiful! It was fully felt, just so you know. Hanging it up to get through these dark days. Thank you!

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Guilt free is resistance, it’s not obeying.🫶🙌

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Love this! Guilt-free living in resistance.

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I went to see an accountant today who did my taxes when I was working. Now I’m live on Social Security and will do my own taxes. I had a question about how taxes are calculated when withdrawing money from my IRA. She didn’t charge me for the 15 minutes we were together. I offered my services as a protester if she should ever need such a service. She had a good laugh from my offer. Glad to lighten someone’s day.

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Let's live rent-free in their heads while banishing them from ours.

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Endless thank yous Anand!

There is a quote:

She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails."

– Elizabeth Edwards

More than just adjusting our sails, perhaps there are times, generational times, when we

🌬️create our own winds? 🌬️

Create our own weather patterns

✨✨create ever more magic✨✨

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What a Poet Anand is -- Yes Yes Yes! Thank you!!

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This is possibly the most encouraging & uplifting essay I've read in all of this madness. Thank you.

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So perfect! Joy is an act of resistance. Fascism cannot thrive where people are connected, creative and able to reclaim joy.

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Love it, Anand! Be weird, kiss converts! Yippee!! 🥳

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Thank you!

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J.B.Pritzker for President!

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I so needed this! Appreciate everything The Ink is writing about, all the live stream. Thank you!

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Super. Simply. You’re living in my “guilty” head. This piece for today and all the days coming. A gift.

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My lord I have tears of joy or is it for hope, not certain, but I’m taking this with me and sharing it with others. What an incredible manifest on how to beat down these twin evils. My heartfelt thank you!

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