by Anthony Fleg

This is an excerpt of the blog piece Antidotes to Fear from Dr. Fleg's series Writing to Heal. Find it here. Dr. Fleg is the author of Writing to Heal: A Pandemic Journey available here. The sequel, Writing to Heal: The Journey Continues is currently on presale, available here.

“There is an old African proverb, ‘When you pray, move your feet.’ 

As a nation if we care for the Beloved Community, we must move

our feet,

our hands,

our hearts,

our resources

to build and not to tear down,

to reconcile and not to divide,

to love and not to hate,

to heal and not to kill.”

                              - John Lewis, Civil Rights Leader and US Congressman