We must not have a violent response to violence.
We can have an angry response to violence.
We can have a fearful, even terrified, response to violence.
We can have a response that is deepened by sorrow.
We can curl up in a ball.
We can lash out at a boxing bag.
We can smash our fists in to a pillow of fury.
But never can we respond in violence.
The shootings, the rhetoric, the attack on democracy.
We never accept a response in violence.
Be vigilant, my beloveds, because we must respond in
Compassion, Inquiry, Questioning & Understanding.
We must not have a violent response to violence.
~Dan Kelly
