ONCE UPON A TIME THE PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOPE. THEY TURNED TO OBJECTS, ENTERTAINMENT, FLEETING MOMENTS & UPGRADING THEIR LIVES CONSTANTLY. THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE THINGS THEY ALREADY HAD. IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM. BUT THE CYCLE CONTINUED. NEVER A MOMENT TO STOP & BREATHE. FIST CLINCHED, JAW TIGHT & TOES CURLED. EVERYTHING BECAME SO LOUD THAT THE ONLY THING TO DO WAS KEEP GOING. THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT THEY COULD  BUY OR ATTAIN THAT COULD EVER MAKE THEM ANY MORE WORTHY OR VALUABLE. THEY SOON REALIZED THAT THEY HAD OUTSOURCED THEIR IDENTITY. THEY WEREN'T THE BAG OR THE CAR OR THE HOUSE OR CAREER. INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE TRIP OR THE PERFECT CURATED MOMENT THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER AGAIN. INSTEAD OF HUGE RIOTS & ROLLING HEADS THE PEOPLE DECIDED TO TURN THEIR ATTENTION WHERE THEY WERE. THE PEOPLE STARTED BREATHING AGAIN. THEY TOOK TIME TO BE QUIET & INTROSPECTIVE. THEY BEGAN VOLUNTEERING REGULARLY, TALKING & INTERACTING AGAIN . THIS CASCADED INTO RENT STRIKES, COOPERATIVE BUILDING & SOLIDARITY ECONOMIC PUSHES. IT EVEN TURNED INTO CORPORATE PRESSURE THAT RESULTED IN TRUE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTRIBUTION IN. THE PEOPLE TOOK BACK THEIR POWER. THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS BECAME STRONGER & MORE RESILIENT AS A RESULT BUT EVERY SMALL CHANGE HAPPENED ON & SMALL, COMMUNAL & INDIVIDUAL LEVEL. WE ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE BACK OUR POWER. FIRST, RELAX YOUR JAW, RELAX YOUR EYEBROWS & UNCLENCH YOUR TOES. NOW REMEMBER THERES NOTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO DO TO BE ANY MORE VALUABLE OR WORTHY.