Pollyanna

Pollyanna
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Friday, September 20, 2019

27/514 Good Things

Today's good thing was Global Climate strike. As I wrote about last night, the entire planet came together as one, and marched. And I was feeling a bit sad that I wouldn't be able to participate in it because I had to work. But I forgot about my lunch hour...

I studied up on the protest times and routes in Seattle and left my building at noon in hopes of finding something going on at the time. I went to Westlake Center and saw a few really little kids with signs and their parents accompanying them and felt my heart warm at the sight. Then I just headed in the direction of the South Lake Union neighborhood on the outskirts of downtown and ended up at the Amazon building, along with a couple thousand protestors and a helicopter hovering overhead. Because I only had an hour, I couldn't stay long, but I did stay long enough to hear one of the speakers before heading back up towards work.

I made it back to Westlake Center just in time to see the student marchers heading down the hill(Pine Street) and turning up onto 5th Avenue to march to City Hall. I took some pictures along the way, and then jumped right into the middle of the marchers. I was only able to go a few blocks before I had to turn off to go back to work, but the energy was incredible! I wish I could share the pictures but there's something wonky with my phone and I get get any pictures off of them, so you'll just have to trust me that it was amazing!

At both locations, I felt incredibly emotionally overwhelmed. I was fighting back tears and really didn't want to go back to work. But I was so happy that I was able to join in, even if for a very short time. To feel connected to all the people around the world marching today, was amazing. We have so much work to do, and it's going to take every last one of us doing everything we possibly can.

Today was a great beginning, but tomorrow we need to roll up our sleeves, and get to work.

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