“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”
Veteran anti-apartheid campaigner, Desmond Tutu, has died”
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 & two years later became Archbishop of Cape Town #DesmondTutu #Tutu
Veteran anti-apartheid campaigner, Desmond Tutu, has died”
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 & two years later became Archbishop of Cape Town #DesmondTutu #Tutu
The oppression & brutality of apartheid never dampened #DesmondTutu’s belief in humanity’s potential
“You can overcome some of the most horrendous circumstances & emerge on the other side, not broken, with the eagerness to spread goodness & compassion.”
“You can overcome some of the most horrendous circumstances & emerge on the other side, not broken, with the eagerness to spread goodness & compassion.”
Waking up to the news of #DesmondTutu’s death, then thinking back on his life, I was reminded of something I wrote last year:
“The heart is built to break
It breaks each day
The heart is built to fill with joy
It fills with joy each day”
“The heart is built to break
It breaks each day
The heart is built to fill with joy
It fills with joy each day”
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1400397881941626883
“The passing of #DesmondTutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa”
The light is only visible because of the dark & the dark is only visible because of the dark.
The light is only visible because of the dark & the dark is only visible because of the dark.
https://twitter.com/DalaiLama/status/1475044107676368896
#DesmondTutu had a superpower
Perhaps it came easily to him or perhaps he cultivated it over many years
A superpower that is available to us all: the ability to forgive
Or indeed, the ability not to judge, which renders forgiveness unnecessary
His State Funeral is on Saturday
Perhaps it came easily to him or perhaps he cultivated it over many years
A superpower that is available to us all: the ability to forgive
Or indeed, the ability not to judge, which renders forgiveness unnecessary
His State Funeral is on Saturday
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1468234236020809730
“Forgiveness is not dependent on the actions of others. We don't forgive for others. We forgive for ourselves. Until we can forgive, we remain locked in our pain & locked out of the possibility of experiencing healing & freedom, of being at peace” #Tutu
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