The Divine Ash

I don’t reside here anymore.

I hope that everyone can respect that.

Thank you.

To Anyone Who Has Stumbled Here Or Came To Find Me,

I want you to know a few things.

First, this space, this internet community—Because it is that and if you know Tumblr you know that. This isn’t just a blog or someplace to network. This is a community that has accepted me, loved me, sustained me and embraced me. This is a community of my friends.—is important to me. It is my space in my personal life. It is a space where I should feel safe and accepted. It is a space for me to be who I am and who I want to be without having to conform to everything I have to be everywhere else. It is my self care. 

Second, I believe that every single person, every single person, deserves to live a life free of violence. Everyone.

Third, I have dedicated my life to the prevention and intervention of violence in our communities, and there is nothing in my life that I am more committed to than this cause.

Fourth, I love the work that I do, the people that I have the privilege to do it with and the agency I am blessed to work for. We are truly creating a culture change, and I know every day—even on the difficult ones—that this is the case.

Fifth, I am human, and being human I do have difficult days and sometimes difficult weeks and sometimes I am not the best that I can be, but I am and will continue to be, dedicated to striving to be a better person in each moment that I exist, because it is important to me to put into the universe all that I feel it has given to me in my life.

Sixth, because I am human and sometimes humanity is difficult, this space particularly important to me, to help me process, to escape, to just be.

So, if you have come here to share in this incredible community, then I welcome you, but if you have come here for anything else, I ask that you extend to me the same respect I would to you and that you leave my private life just that—private, and respect the fact that I need this, for me.

Thank you.

With love,

Ash