resolve

this crisis isn’t ending overnight. it’s not a matter of sweeping dust under the rug or stomping on snowpiles to expect them to flatten. this is a blizzard – we are 25 cm deep into this, and the forecast predicts more snow.

what, you don’t have the guts to take it on? I do. I have this resolve. I have the necessary resolve to see through the bullshit, find my way, and solve this crisis. I will find the path that leads us to whatever we can hope is utopia. I don’t need to be marching at the front of the line – there are plenty of leaders out there that we can follow. but we must have the resolve to believe it’s going to happen, this hike.

somedays, it will rain. the water on our shoulders will be merciless. the clouds will open up and shower on us as if we haven’t been cleaned in years. we will regret ever leaving the house without umbrellas. but we will persevere.

other days, it’s going to be hot. humid and hot and dry. It’s going to take weeks just to move inches, for our thirst for salvation is going to run deep. we’ll have to stop and rest, every step of the way more and more difficult, but we’ll be able to press ourselves on, because we know the end result is wonderful.

and then, when everything clears, we will see it. our end goal. and I need to keep imagining this hike because that’s the kind of resolve this plan for socialism is going to take.