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Closing our eyes is easy…it’s probably the most excellent way to think, to hope, to dream…to make a wish…to kiss…to pray. In the quiet darkness behind our eyes is where people start to heed the teachings of their soul and listen to their heart. When we close our eyes this Juneteenth let’s listen as our heart tells us something we’ve known all along… that any kind of slavery…always was…always is…and always will be…wrong. When we close our eyes this Juneteenth… we know, in our hearts, human rights should never have to be won… they should be universal and apply to everyone. When we close our eyes this Juneteenth We know everyone should receive the same education no matter who or when or where. We know that no one should go hungry and everyone needs care. But…when we close our eyes this Juneteenth There are some people whose minds have become twisted. Who would like us, when it comes to slavery, to act as if it never existed. So….when we close our eyes this Juneteenth let us remember all those who needlessly and savagely at the hands of prejudice have died…and cried. Let us not allow today’s twisted minds to erase our history… Let us not allow them to break our spirit or crush our pride. When we close our eyes this Juneteenth Let us not close our eyes to what our hearts know to be true… Which means when we open our eyes this Juneteenth… we know exactly what we need to do.
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