I gotta be honest. Yesterday morning I woke up and after my morning ritual, I turned on my phone, ready to hear the bad news.
And what I heard actually made me feel quite emotional – but in a really good, warm & fuzzy way.
For context:
There have been a surge in organised racial attacks in the UK from people who I can only describe as “White Terrorists”.
And earlier this week, there were murmurs that the worst of it was to come on Wednesday evening, when there could be dozens or even hundreds more attacks on asylum centres and mosques. It got so bad that I was calling up my niece to check on her and make sure she stayed indoors.
So, yesterday morning, I turned on YouTube, ready to hear about all the damage…
And to the rescue came…
My White People.
You know who “my” white people are? The normal, peace-loving, heart-centred people who make up the vast, vast majority of people in this country.
The people who were as horrified as I was to see the White Islamophobe Terrorists take to the streets… and stepped up to get in their way.
And protect us.
And reassure us.
And show us that the crazies we’re seeing on TV are doing things that are absolutely, “Not In Our Name”.
You know what else happened?
Mosques opened their doors and offered tea and biscuits to the police, the protestors (on both sides) and the community.
The hate, rage and racism simply evaporated in the presence of love, understanding and compassion.
The Islamophobes were so outnumbered they decided not to even make an appearance.
The presence of the light of love made the darkness of fear and ignorance disappear.
We don’t know where this will go next.
But we do know that the vast majority of humanity are on our side – the side of love, peace and compassion.
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