Thank you for crafting your words and sharing them. I appreciate how you wonder about stories - and find compassion in the words for myself, for us, and hopefully for others too.
I share your concern about today's world but I'm fuzzy about your recommendation for where we go from here.
1-We must all acknowledge our contribution to the mess we find ourselves in: The maga monement, the coastal elitists, the too liberal academics, the movements that overshot their marks , like the feminists and BLM, and those who ignored everything going on around them in pursuit of the their own greed.
2-We must stop sweating the small things and recommit to the primary issues that shaped our country- FREEDOM AND DE,MOCRACY.
3-We must cut through all the hyperboly and recognize and call out all the lies and deviations from who we are and want to be as a nation.
4-We must recognize the needs of all of our people and never accept inequality.
5-We must inform our congressmen and women that we expect the highest levels of staesmanship if they want to continue to serve.
HI Stuart: You have written such a cogent list that I don't need to add a thing to it. I think I was trying to deal with the sense of helplessness and fear that some of us face in a moment like this. How do we handle that? How do we find ways to think and feel our way through the "monkey brain" reaction? Maybe that's not an issue for you; I know it's not for a many people. Lucky! :)
Thank you for crafting your words and sharing them. I appreciate how you wonder about stories - and find compassion in the words for myself, for us, and hopefully for others too.
Thank you Dalia. That means a lot, coming from you. ❤️
Hi Laurel,
I share your concern about today's world but I'm fuzzy about your recommendation for where we go from here.
1-We must all acknowledge our contribution to the mess we find ourselves in: The maga monement, the coastal elitists, the too liberal academics, the movements that overshot their marks , like the feminists and BLM, and those who ignored everything going on around them in pursuit of the their own greed.
2-We must stop sweating the small things and recommit to the primary issues that shaped our country- FREEDOM AND DE,MOCRACY.
3-We must cut through all the hyperboly and recognize and call out all the lies and deviations from who we are and want to be as a nation.
4-We must recognize the needs of all of our people and never accept inequality.
5-We must inform our congressmen and women that we expect the highest levels of staesmanship if they want to continue to serve.
6-And finally, we must buy condoms for Elon Musk.
Hope you're onboard.
Stuart
HI Stuart: You have written such a cogent list that I don't need to add a thing to it. I think I was trying to deal with the sense of helplessness and fear that some of us face in a moment like this. How do we handle that? How do we find ways to think and feel our way through the "monkey brain" reaction? Maybe that's not an issue for you; I know it's not for a many people. Lucky! :)
excellent