[. . .]In the face of horrors visited upon our world daily,
in the struggle to protect our loved ones, choosing to let in
joy is a revolutionary act. Joy returns us to everything good
and beautiful and worth fighting for. It gives us energy for
the long labor. [. . .] Joy is the gift of love: it makes the labor
an end in itself. I believe laboring in joy is the meaning of life.
~ Valarie Kauer
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Quoted in Barbara Holmes, "Crisis Contemplation and Joy," The Center for Action and Contemplation, July 29, 2021, from Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love (One World, 2020), page 307.
Valarie Kaur, Sikh Human Rights Activist, Writer and Author, Lawyer, Award-Winning Filmmaker, Educator, Innovator
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