Eyes Wide Open.
We must keep our eyes wide open.
Sometimes we will see good and happy and beautiful things.
Other times we will see horrific, sad, disgraceful, reprehensible things.
Blinders don’t change the truth.
The only way to change
the things we don’t want to see
is by keeping our eyes wide open,
so we can face what needs changed.
Hugs,
Jodi
Grieving for the victims and seeking justice: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/14/us/pennsylvania-catholic-church-grand-jury/index.html
the creative life in between 
yes, absolutely
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😳
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Agree. Need to embrace the good things, but keep our eyes open to confront the bad things and to do our part to initiate change.
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Well said Jodi, thank you. xoxo
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it is weighing so heavily on my mind
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So true. And I love that photograph!
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so sad – isn’t it Pam?
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So true, Jodi.❤️
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so sad
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Yes, we must keep our eyes wide open to these injustices and other injustices. I hope these priests are fully punished.
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so many victims – breaks my heart
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Yes, it is very sad. It angers me.
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Well spoken, Jodi! Only if we see things clearly, we can deal with the challenges of life.
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Yes – we must remove blinders
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Oh, very very good!!!
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Awareness! Hard subject to comprehend, hard subject to give voice to. I know personnally 2 victims & they were never in Pennysvalia. Your photo is Fabulous.
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PA is just a small segment of a much larger problem. So sad. I’m glad awareness is being brought to the forefront – as hard as it is to see – we cannot put blinders on
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I agree Jodi! xo❤️
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See something and say something…we are slow in learning. But we must. (K)
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even when we don’t want to believe it could be true
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Could your fish have been more accommodating to pose like this????
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sure has his eyes wide open!
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Poignant and so true! We soooo gotta keep our eyes open! ❤
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I agree, Jodi! We can’t make anything better if we continue to look the other way and pretend that bad things aren’t happening and that there isn’t suffering in this world. We need to see things before we can begin to address them, and we need to be honest about what we are dealing with. It’s the only way.
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so sad, so hard, but so needed
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Yes you are so right blinders do not change what is going on around us! So insightful
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so sad
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So true, even if sometimes it really hurts to not just turn your head away and look into another direction…
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Most of all.
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