Hello friends, how are you enduring? Can I give you a hug?
The world is burning literallyand figurativelyBut we cannot give in to despair. The strategy of shock and astonishment that we have been living this past month is disorienting, irritating and discouraging, but that is the point. The people who wear this Assault on science and democracy I want we feel overwhelmed. They want us to surrender. No.
There are many things you can do. Call your representatives in Congress. Here is like. You can really make a difference. Get together with your community and look for ways to support each other.
There are many things that we can do to listen to our voices, but at this time it is crucially important that we continue and do not let the darkness reach us. Okay, in fact, perhaps more essential than ever, seeking and experiencing joy.
Recently I found a Wonderful articulation of this idea by Ed Abbey, through the imitable Maria Popova.
“It is not enough to fight for the earth; It is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While he is still here.
Then … I wander there and explore the forests, climb the mountains, wield the spikes, run the rivers, deeply breathe that still sweet and lucid air, sit in silence for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious and incredible space.
Enjoy yourself, keep your brain in your head and head firmly linked to the body, the active and living body, and I promise this; I promise you this sweet victory over our enemies, over those men and women to the desk with their hearts in a safety box, and their eyes hypnotized by desktop calculators. I promise this; About surviving bastards.“
Yes, we survive the bastards, okay? And although it is true that “the moral arch of the universe will not turn”, let’s take a moment to enjoy the things that are worth saving while we are doing the job to help the right of that legendary arch.
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