A Prayer of Thanks
Dear God, it is November 26th, 2011 it is Indigo Ribbon month in support of Targeted Individuals everywhere. Social isolation hits many Targeted Individuals hard, God, and for many
Because of being slandered, harassed and stalked constantly some are alienated from their own family and friends in a constant state of fear due in no small part of the criminals who harass them and stalk them on a regular basis. Many are very strong, self-sufficient and self-reliant, God. Even sometimes though, even the strongest people can get a little weary.
And having something, someone, or for some Targeted Individuals some place to lean on can be of great considerable value and comfort. So many Targeted Individuals find great comfort in speaking to each other on the phone finding others who share their plight on the internet
Getting together to fight for their rights and support each other in community groups,
And many other ways. Thanksgiving was yesterday, God, and though the spirit of that holy-day (holiday) has passed, I want to offer a prayer of thanks for what has been given to me
And, I believe, to other Targeted Individuals around the world. Whether some know it or not
Targeted Individuals that step out and tell their stories, talk to another TI who just learned the truth
of their predicament, post their evidence to the web, gather the courage to file lawsuits, enourage each other, be who they are despite the covert harassment, or even simply defy the perpetrators of these crimes by saying "no" by living, doing all the
TI's can do to just live, encourages so many of us, both Targeted Individuals and non-Targeted Individuals alike, to do as they do. I want to offer a prayer of thanks.
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God,
Thank you for the brave persons I have encountered personally
And for the brave souls I have yet to meet.
Thank you for their courage to reach out
Speak out
And even more so, to seek help.
It is by the efforts of all within the Targeted individual Community,
Every one of us that progress
However slowly it comes
Ultimately will bring about long awaited justice.
Thank you for these people
Who are a somebody, are a person
No matter who tells them otherwise.
Thank you for the gift of inner strength God
And that which I seen time and time again
All Targeted Individuals possess
Even if the crimes going on at the moment
Can overwhelm them and make them forget that
Inner fire every now and again.
Help them to see it again and again.
Today God
And everyday.
I give thanks for the gift of laughter
And for the gift of a sense of humor
And just the contagiousness of it.
Humor is a wonderful gift God
Give TI's everywhere a very bad case of the giggles, God
So any stress they feel is instantly relieved
And the only thing that hurts is thair stomachs
That they hold from the laughter
And not just the Thanksgiving Day (pig-out) Feast ;-)
And how something as simple as a smile
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Can make a person's entire day
Brighter.
We all have inner gifts God that each of us
Can be thankful for
Great talents that can only add to our enduring
Value as children of you God
Every single one of us.
And I am most thankful for you, God
In so many ways you act though your children on this planet, young and old,
To speak to those who need your Word.
And, God, help those who doubt for a single minute
That you are not among them
Meet someone today, another Targeted Individual maybe
Or just a stranger
And help other Targeted Individuals everywhere
By speaking though them
That you love them
And are with them.
And I am thankful for that God
I am thankful.
Amen.
- Aisha Madison (Ati Hope)
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