How to Fight

You fight by starting small, in your own home or in your neighborhood. You fight when you do something good, when you are stubbornly positive in the grim faces looking at you from every corner. You fight by speaking up. You fight when you open up your heart for empathy, when you understand that the pain you once felt is now mirrored in another human being. You fight when you do what you need to do, what you love to do, because the world so desperately needs for actions done out of love. You fight when you refuse to be led out of fear. You fight when you learn. And when you stay up late to study or work. And when you kiss your loved one and hug your friend. You fight when you watch a movie because you need a good laugh. And when you converse with a book, and when you see a beautiful painting and let it touch your soul.

You fight when you take care of yourself, when you love your body and mind. When you show that love in action. When you kiss your scars and hold the body that houses your soul. When you forgive your own mistakes. You fight when you fail, when you know you did your best. You fight when you tell yourself it's okay, and when you stand up and try again.

You fight now. In this moment. Not in any other time.