Watching from Canada: A Prayer for Compassion, Not Cruelty

 🌎 Watching from Canada: A Prayer for Compassion, Not Cruelty

By Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
July 3, 2025

This morning, I watched something unfold in the United States that shook me. A man named Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, stood up and spoke for hours — not for power, not for politics, but for the people.

He told stories. Stories of children, seniors, veterans, and families — all at risk of being crushed by a massive bill being pushed through Congress. A bill that would take from the vulnerable and give even more to the powerful.

😢😬😳

I am Canadian. I don’t vote in the U.S. I don’t have a say in their Congress. But I do have a heart.❤️ I do believe in humanity. And when I see a neighbour in trouble, I speak.

This so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is anything but beautiful.

It cuts food programs for kids. 

It slashes health care for elders. 

It gives tax breaks to billionaires and giant corporations while everyday people suffer. 

That’s not beauty — that’s cruelty.

We’ve seen this before. Across history, in different nations. It always begins with dehumanizing the poor, the sick, the elderly. It always ends in heartbreak.💔

And so today, I offer this — not a protest, but a prayer.🥺🙌🙏

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🕊️ A Prayer for the People

May compassion rise in unexpected hearts.
May those with power remember who they serve.
May the stories reach those who can still change their minds.
May love be louder than greed.
And may the bill fail — not out of spite, but out of mercy.

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🌱 What You Can Do (If You’re in the U.S.)

If you’re reading this from the U.S., now is time, please, call your Representative.

Tell them this bill is will hurt most vulnerable.

Tell them that compassion matters more than campaign donors.

Tell them to vote NO.

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💌 And If You’re Outside the U.S. Like Me...

Share your voice gently. Remind our friends across the border that they are not alone. Make art. Write poems. Plant hope.
Because sometimes, the ripple of a kind voice — even from far away — is enough to reach the right person at the right time.

With love,
Zipolita

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