I Am Sure It Works For Some, But The You Are Not A Burden Posts Dont Help Me. What Helps Me Is Remember

I am sure it works for some, but the “you are not a burden” posts don’t help me. What helps me is remember that I am allowed to be a burden.

I put work into being there for loved ones, and I even inconvenience myself for strangers sometimes. I am also allowed to take up that space!

Loving someone often consists of work. But what we need to remember is we’re worth the work and effort! We deserve the work and effort.

This is 74 year old Canadian Israeli Peace activist Vivian Silver.

Silver dedicated her life to promoting peace. she co-founded Women Wage Peace, an interfaith grassroots organization, and was a board member of the human rights organization "Bzelem". she volunteered in "On the Way to Recovery," accompanying cancer patients from the Gaza Strip to hospitals in Israel. she was co-CEO at Ajik - an Arab-Jewish organization working since 2000 to support Bedouin society in the Negev and promote shared life for Arabs and Jews throughout the country.

When asked about her aspirations for the future of her grandchildren, she said, "May they have Arab friends, Palestinians. May they not be afraid."

On October 4th 2023, Silver helped to organize a peace rally in Jerusalem which attracted 1,500 Israeli and Palestinian women.

The last connection with her was on the morning of october 7th, when she hid in a closet and texted her son. she wrote "well, the terrorists are in my house". he wrote "i'm on your side". "i feel you" she answered.

She was believed to be kidnapped, but today, 38 days later, her body was identified.

May this kind soul rest in peace. The mind can't comprehend that this was her fate. Thank you for everything you did. May we will get to witness something of your aspirations come true in our lifetime.

literalllly “i would have hidden you during the holocaust” ok but iirc the number of righteous german gentiles is under 1000. ditch your hero complex and recognize you are not immune to being antisemitic and antisemitism is so much more deeply ingrained in western culture than you think.

I’m starting to think 90% of the internet would’ve snitched on people hiding Jews during WWII

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i do think medical & sciences should have different shirt colors. after you've been attacked by sentient plants or the hull has been breached by klingons or a malevolent space cloud has incapacitated the bridge crew, i think you'd want to be able to tell immediately if you're running towards a doctor or a geologist. design flaw

fun fact about me: i am obsessed with strawberries

like, strawberry dish towels, house coat, containers, spoon rest, stationary, grocery bags, you name it i have it in strawberry. i’m also very excited about judaism!

you’ll never guess what i just got an ad for

practice is being generous, i was 6 i didn’t really get a say in it 😭😭 i just liked getting to wear pretty dresses lmao

Okay so I've noticed that every convert I know used to be catholic so I'm curious to see if it's just a coincidence or if there is a catholic to jewish pipeline.

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