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What does it mean?
Finding joy in fighting for rights signals the right path.
In plain terms
Struggling for rights feels right if it brings joy.
What can you take from it?
Joy validates revolutionary struggle.

Where it applies

  • activism
  • organizing
  • personal empowerment

Putting it to work

  • sustaining movements
  • finding purpose

Questions to consider

  • What struggle brings joy?
  • Is revolution a festival?

Another view

Struggle often involves suffering without joy.

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