What if circumstances called for us to stand up and be counted, to speak the truth when we knew it would be met with anger or derision or even violence? We’d like to believe that we’d do the right thing, but if we’re honest with ourselves, we know it wouldn’t be easy. All of the great masters who came before us found themselves in similar situations. They felt much the same reservations and apprehensions as we do. Yet they persevered and they remind us that we must be willing to speak the truth and profess our faith. We must walk our talk, especially in these days of darkness, terror and ut
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