» PRAY FOR THE WORLD
"It is not only Paris we should pray for.
It is the world. It is a world in which Beirut,
reeling from bombings to days before Paris,
is not covered in the press.
A world in which a bomb goes off
at a funeral in Baghdad
and no one person's status update says "Baghdad"
because not one white person died in that fire.
Pray for the world
that blames a refugee crisis for a terrorist attack.
That does not pause to differentiate between the attacker
and the person running away from the very same thing you are.
Pray for the world
where people walking across countries for months,
their only belongings on their backs,
are told they have no place to go.
Say a prayer for Paris by all means,
but pray more,
for the world that does not have a prayer
for those who no longer have a home to defend.
For a world that is falling apart in all corners,
and not simply in the towers and cafes we find so familiar."
I chose to share that text with you guys because I couldn't have said it better myself.
Stay safe.
xox,
Laila
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