Carol A. Hand
If not me, then who will challenge oppression
The most powerful tool I have
Is a sincere and honest question
If you had the power
What kind of world would you create
If you thought it was possible
If you believed it was not too late
Photo: Living on a Commune – 1976
My responsibility is to give hope a voice
How others respond is really their choice
Each of us has our own path, gifts, and task
Mine today is merely to ask
If you had the power
What kind of world would you create
If you thought it was possible
If you believed it was not too late
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Voices from the Margins 
“My responsibility is to give hope a voice”
~ In a world of growing hopelessness, hope needs lots of voices. Thank you for being one of those voices.
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Thank you for being one of those voices, too, Rosaliene 🙂
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Lovely and so thoughtful, Carol. Thank you.
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Thank you, Cynthia. Some days, this is how I need to answer difficult questions I couldn’t answer the day before…
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Yes, I understand.
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❤
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Carol, I lik this so veery much. Do you think you could link it to my Senior Salon next Wednesday?
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Thank you for your comments, Bernadette. You can certainly link this to your exciting new weekly event!
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A world where peace, love and social justice for all prevail. ❤
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That would be my hope for the future, too, Bette. Thank you for sharing this 🙂
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Beautiful poem and powerful question, Carol. And what is perhaps the most troubling is that we each have the power already. If each of us used it and spoke up, the sound would ripple over the world. ❤
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Lovely words, D., and profound insights. Thank you ❤
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i can’t imagine
a world
without
your compassionate
voice, Carol 🙂
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Thank you so much for sharing such lovely thoughts, David. I’m deeply touched by your kindness ❤
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I couldn’t respond to this yesterday, I didn’t have the words. But a long-dead poet gave me the words today:
“To live, free and single like a tree
but in brotherhood like a forest
this longing is ours.”
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Thank you for sharing these lovely words, and for sharing your kindness also, Sojourner
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We need to “give hope a voice” more now than ever.
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So true, Ken 🙂
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If all hopes are given voices, as you contemplate Carol, it will surely be a world without divides, and with equality in opportunities.
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Eloquently-said as always, Raj. Thank you for sharing such crucial insights ❤
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