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By Jul Bystrova A year ago, we were tending to the battered, the maced, the frozen the wounded and the traumatized at Standing Rock. I will never forget the night where the wounded were streaming in nonstop. I will never forget standing around the fire in the freezing cold at 3am and hearing everybody's stories. It was very surreal, and so very real.
At this time, I join those tending to the battered, the traumatized and those that have fallen through the cracks of our system after a fire disaster that is still hard to comprehend. By offering help, I took the lid off of the underbelly of the disaster world. There are so many deeply suffering, too wounded to even be able to seek help. And there are so many still suffering from the effects of what happened at Standing Rock. This anniversary time is triggering for many. Sleeplessness is the norm. I move about these worlds, one among many, like a an anti-body for earth, listening for what's needed. But really, sometimes I find myself impatient with humanity, with what we are doing, trying to keep going like there is some kind of "normal". Like we can ignore those among us, that someone else will come along to save them...or us. We are all traumatized, really. The planet is traumatized. There are many frontlines, resistances, disasters, or places of quiet crisis. There is only service for a new way at this point. I vote with action that it be a way of caring.
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2/6/2018 09:30:09 am
This article is truly an eye-opener. I don’t really care what happened to whom. I live by my idea of “mind your own business”. This is because I once tried to help someone but it caused me to lose their trust. Since then, I avoid helping other people if they didn’t ask for it. My experience is not a reason for me to be like this. Now I know that there are people out there who needs help but don’t know where to go. I hope that I’ll be able to open my hands once more.
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