Strong back, soft front: meeting the world with compassion.

I do wish us all a good 2024. I try to do it without a grimace, to fully touch that deep wish for a possibility I know is there. I wish us a year where more hearts open, where they open before taking decisions, before plowing the fields, before grabbing the land, before remotely striking a hospital, a school, a wasteland, a house sheltering others fighting for their and their land's freedom, before pulling the trigger. I wish us a year with more hugs, more singing, more loving, more laughing.  I wish us a year with stronger backs so that we can soften our front and perceive the world.