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A review by boldlydanialie
Where to Begin: A Small Book about Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World by Cleo Wade
4.0
I started my Sunday morning in conversation with Cleo Wade. In the pages staring back at me, I found courageous wisdom for radical empathy and love. Cleo Wade's writing is playfully lyrical and I personally connect to that style of writing very much. I definitely intend to use this more like a textbook, revisiting pages and useful reminders for building a sense of hope and positivity for my own daily practice.
As much as I enjoyed this, I'm at a place in my life at the moment where I am struggling to embrace a radical sense of love. It almost feels like this book ignores that injustices are experienced by marginalized people, and asking marginalized people to choose kindness instead feels very "turn the other cheek." This is my own work to work through, but I want to get to a place where healing and kindness don't imply to me that you automatically owe people who harm you softness and vulnerability.
As much as I enjoyed this, I'm at a place in my life at the moment where I am struggling to embrace a radical sense of love. It almost feels like this book ignores that injustices are experienced by marginalized people, and asking marginalized people to choose kindness instead feels very "turn the other cheek." This is my own work to work through, but I want to get to a place where healing and kindness don't imply to me that you automatically owe people who harm you softness and vulnerability.