i choose love
i invite you to, too.
our days are filled with choices. some choices declare assumptions and stereo types aligned with politics, religion, and values.
i find myself about half in for most of those declaration decisions.
which means i am also half out.
and no - that’s not the easy way out.
i choose love. i’m attempting to widen my umbrella and love those who preach love, yer exude hate. i’m attempting to start everyone at 100% instead of zero.
my declarations are fluid and do not defined by influences or predetermined bias.
i’m already protesting. i’m just sometimes at both rallies on different days.
polls. preaching. media influence. trend reports are not the guide. bumper stickers maybe though - so powerful.
my stickers have all be goo-gone’d.
i’m putting down my affiliations, and picking up love.
i’m playing the shell game blind. i’ve exhausted my eyes looking lovingly to the left and aggressively to the right. it’s yet to end without either side being a loser every time.
i have paid the street vendor with my anger, my unfair protests and my vindictive heart. i am broken. but i am debt free.
my revival story starts now. my bank account at zero. but i will never write a check again.
i’m starting with love.
i can not. i will not have a headstone associated with anything associated with a group other than my family. wtf. i refuse to be remembered as a media projected stereotype that only exhibits phonetical portraits in the endless memory gallery.
i choose love.
i invite you to choose love too.
lets chat about what that might mean to me and what it might look like for you.
lets do that and celebrate the people you love february 13 or 14th here at the barn in kamas for valentine’s day.
its’s not an art show, its a conversation.
february 13 and 14 open 5 ’til late
1264 s state rd 32 kamas
kent@kentyoungstrom.com to rsvp.
i promise it will be the best place for a date on valentine’s or your money back. :)




This is such a powerful perspective on escaping binary thinking. The idea of starting eveyone at 100% instead of zero reframes the whole exhausting political game we're stuck in. I've found myself doing that exact thing lately, jumping between rallies mentally, and it does feel like constantly paying into a system that leaves everyone broke. Really curious how this plays out in actual conversatoins beyond just theory.