It’s become hard to turn on the news lately.
It’s become hard to go on Facebook lately. Or twitter. Or Instagram. 
You reach for a lifeline to the outside world, fearful for what you might find out. Fearful for what tragedy has occurred. Fearful for the next city we’re all praying for, the next names to become a hashtag.
Fearful for what this world is becoming for our children.
It’s become hard to to turn on the news lately.
But today, today was a good day.
Today, Lin Manuel Miranda and Jennifer Lopez performed their new duet Love Make the World Go Round.
Jennifer Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Epic Records are proudly donating 100% of their proceeds (at least ninety-one cents) from each U.S. download sale of the single “Love Make The World Go Round” on iTunes from July 8, 2016 to October 5, 2016 to the Hispanic Federation for the Somos Orlando Fund, to benefit those affected by the Pulse shooting in Orlando.
Proyecto Somos Orlando will provide bilingual culturally-competent social services to impacted families and the broader community. Needed services include case management, crisis intervention, grief counseling, mental health services, legal assistance and educational programs. It will be housed in the same facility as Hispanic Family Counseling (HFC), building on their culturally competent mental health and expanding services, all to be provided under one roof in the heart of the Hispanic community.
The single is available for purchase here, (available only on U.S. iTunes).
With all the pain that seems to surround us lately, it’s moments of light and love that we need to hold onto. These are the moments that will guide us to a path of peace.
Love is the only thing that eases the wounds of yesterday. It’s the thing that soothes our tired souls. It’s the thing that is persistent and constant when we least expect it.
It cannot be swept aside.
It is the thread that unites us all.
As Lin so perfectly said, love is love is love.
Live, Love, Learn,