What if our reflex wasn’t to protect with force—but to care with courage?

What if safety meant connection, not control?

In this vulnerable and stirring episode, Debilyn Molineaux shares an intimate account of her time in Boulder, Colorado—where a peaceful meditation retreat, meant for compassion and renewal, was violently interrupted by a firebomb attack on a nearby gathering. What began as quiet reflection quickly became a chilling reminder: even spaces of healing are not free from harm.

But the question she carries forward—and asks of all of us—is this:

What if we could build a society without harm?

As global violence echoes—like the recent U.S. military strike in Iran—Debilyn challenges us to imagine a third way between fear and aggression: the way of principled compassion.Not denial. Not passivity. But conscious, brave action is rooted in care.

What if, instead of preparing for war, we prepared meals?

What if, instead of building weapons, we grew gardens?

What if we raised children who were less afraid?

This episode is not a naive hope. It’s a call to real, daily resistance—a radical invitation to pause, breathe, and make even one small choice to care instead of fear. To heal within families, neighborhoods, institutions. To reshape the systems that teach us harm is the only way.

Because choosing compassion in a world trained by violence isn’t weakness.

It is power. It is courage. It is the lifelong work of building something better.

If you've ever dreamed of a society where peace isn’t fantasy but possibility—this is your episode.

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