Azadi.

I will be spending today envisioning a Secular Democracy in Iran. A separation of Mosque & State. A place where the green grass of spring and youth is no longer trampled by humanity at it's worst. I will be imagining a place worthy of it's people.

I will give thanks for every act of protest this year has seen, large and small, that I forgot was possible. For the shocking vision of multitudes taking to the street and my body shaking as their vision made my hope real. I will give thanks for every act of protest and inching towards democracy and self-determination over the last century in Iran. I will hope for the future.