I'm really looking forward to this weekend 's scout family camp. Last time we went was lots of fun and I'm eager to spend time with my offspring. The theme is heroes. Whilst I expect this may be Marvel inspired for them, I'm going to stick with my long time heroine Rosa Parks. David LaMotte drew my attention to something she said so I've made that into a sign. He writes "When the bus driver on Rosa Parks' bus threatened to call the police and have her arrested her exact words in response were 'you may do that '. There is such power in those few words - claiming her own dignity and acknowledging that each of them had choices to make in that moment, and that those choices would have consequences. That's true for all of us"
I still don't fancy getting arrested. But I do have a real clarity at the moment that other people's choices are theirs to make. That people can and will say and do whatever they need to, and they may do that and I don't have to fret about their decision making, that is theirs.
I think each of us are heroes and heroines every day. It's been good to hear of folk being wonderful in the immediate aftermath of the Manchester attack. We each keep making a difference every day - if we choose to :-)
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