My momma used to say that there are only two motivations, love and fear. And when reduced to those two motivations, you find arguments and counter arguments for everything. Fear is, without a doubt, the more powerful motivating force of the two. Where hope burns like the warm, steady heat of a good smoker fire, fear rages out of control like toxic chemical fires that can scarcely be contained. Hope keeps you warm, feeds your soul; fear, eventually consumes and destroys. 

This weekend's White Lives Matter rallies have been using fear as the cornerstone for their speeches. Those who have rallied are confronted with their very real fears. They fear loss of jobs, money, influence; they fear 'replacement'. How do we advocate for human rights and unity in the face of all consuming fear? How do we bring arguments of logic and facts when fear, fight and flight put up every defence? 

How do you put out a toxic chemical fire? That's what I am trying to find out. Because I know if we cannot overcome fear with hope, we, as a country, are in trouble. 

Hope may not be as big as fear, it's value sized. But hope is and always will be the real game changer. 

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