Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

As a part Native American, I'm so proud Rep. Haaland has been nominated to be Secretary of the Interior. I have high hopes for her, and what she can do to heal our earth and protect our land. She comes from a tradition that values the earth and its creatures, and she will be its protector. I'm just happy to see so many women in positions of power. I'm not naive, I know women can screw up and be enticed by power as much as men. But I do believe our biology, though I would have denied this when I was younger, impells us to nurture. I'm hoping more women in power mean equal pay, attention to child care and other supposed "women's" issues, and a dynamic that mediates rather than polarizes. I'd like to see women in the military protected from harrassment and rape, and domestic violence addressed vigorously, so children don't have to grow up in violent homes and perpetuate the cycle. We are usually the negotiators in our families, and we don't as often believe in judgement, competition and "winners and losers". We understand compromise is not a bad word but a badge of honor. Ladies, let's do it, I know we can.