"This world’s anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back.

It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly necessary.
~ Aberjhani ~












It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly...
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