I have had to put tight boundaries around the news that I read and don’t watch news at all. I have sadness yet still feel the beauty & joy of life, especially in the newness of spring! Practicing being self-possessed while radically accepting where we are. Encouraging occurrences walk alongside the discouraging ones. I do what I can to be kind, help when I can & have faith that love & courage will overcome the obstacles.
That distinction between news you read vs watch is such an important one. I agree. That model is very broken and damaging. I will lean on your faith a bit today, and I am grateful for it. <3
I want to stop listening to news, reading news, listening to the stories. I want to stop. But I cannot. Because stopping would belie all I am, all my values. So I feel terrible because I can personally can do so little against a wave that threatens to drown us all. Except maybe if I hold out a bucket, and if millions of others do as well, we can lessen the chance of everything drowning. So that's what I'm doing. But I still feel terrible. Thanks for asking.
Thank you for sharing that, Linda. I hear you. 🤍 This morning, I’ve been considering the wisdom of the activists I’ve followed for the past several years, that perhaps some of those buckets are spaces of joy and beauty to help us all keep from drowning while having enough to drink. Practicing. 🙏🏼
Maybe this is what I meant: Stop the run and sit on a bench watching the river flow. Make note of it and then resume… 🫶🏻
Yes 💙 and how do we do it when the waves won’t let up? 🌊
We breathe and watch them go.
Oh so beautiful and much needed sentiment ❤️ sending love your way
It always makes me smile to see your name. Sending love.
I have had to put tight boundaries around the news that I read and don’t watch news at all. I have sadness yet still feel the beauty & joy of life, especially in the newness of spring! Practicing being self-possessed while radically accepting where we are. Encouraging occurrences walk alongside the discouraging ones. I do what I can to be kind, help when I can & have faith that love & courage will overcome the obstacles.
That distinction between news you read vs watch is such an important one. I agree. That model is very broken and damaging. I will lean on your faith a bit today, and I am grateful for it. <3
I want to stop listening to news, reading news, listening to the stories. I want to stop. But I cannot. Because stopping would belie all I am, all my values. So I feel terrible because I can personally can do so little against a wave that threatens to drown us all. Except maybe if I hold out a bucket, and if millions of others do as well, we can lessen the chance of everything drowning. So that's what I'm doing. But I still feel terrible. Thanks for asking.
Thank you for sharing that, Linda. I hear you. 🤍 This morning, I’ve been considering the wisdom of the activists I’ve followed for the past several years, that perhaps some of those buckets are spaces of joy and beauty to help us all keep from drowning while having enough to drink. Practicing. 🙏🏼
The intention is not to deny the hurtful damaging horrid situation but to help one manage the emotion and pursue a way to face it or change it