Gonna Be Some Changes Made

The national news right now is deeply upsetting, and sometimes it can make me feel powerless. I was feeling down about all of the injustices being rendered by our new president when I was leaving work, but it cheered me hugely to see a group of young (white) students on library mall with a boom box and signs that read:

"Fuck White Supremacy!"

Right on! It's so good to see these pockets of resistance.

Then I went to yoga, where the teacher talked about how it's all of our jobs to do what we do, even if we don't do it that well. That as soon as we try to be someone else, the net gain to the universe is lower. That we all have a key that opens a door, and it's different from our neighbor's keys, and that's a good thing, especially when we're not trying to use our key in their door.

I thought about the implications of this for my own life. I think sometimes it takes me a while to realize that I'm trying to put my key into someone else's door, which can result in a lot of frustration.

I heard this song on the way home from class, and I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but I think it's about the need for tolerance and for being yourself:

Man was a knife expert
Kinda of a Jim Bowie type,
Swaggerin', blusterin', 'coon skin
I said, "You're not serious, right?"

Then I saw him grab my friend by the hair
And I guess I should have prayed
As he dragged him around, I said to myself,
"There's gonna be some changes made"

(Gonna be some changes made)

Girl I knew and loved alone twenty years from afar
With a finger to her lips she led me out to see the stars
She led me down to the gritty lake and in it we did wade
She took my hand and put it there, gonna be some changes made

(Gonna be)

Gonna
Be some
Changes made
Gonna be some changes made!

(Gonna be some changes made)

[Chorus]
Gonna be some changes, changes made
Can't keep on doing what I've been doing these days
Look in the mirror I see a clown's face
Gotta take it off, gotta get myself straight

Gonna be some changes, some changes made
Can't keep on doing what I've been doing these days
Better figure out something
Things are looking grave
Gonna be some changes, changes, changes made...