Hope flickers but never dies when we keep feeding its flame. Solnit provides fuel for those flames. Solnit’s sayings should be themes for weekly essays. For example (as edited):
1. Don't let them win by making you feel helpless. Even when we can't fix everything, saving what we can matters.
2. We're all connected in this messy but beautiful world that's constantly being rebuilt and repaired
3. Throughout history, people have kept hope alive under the worst conditions – in dictatorships, under oppression, and in dark times.
You don't have to feel positive to keep going. Just take one step at a time.
4. It's okay to feel hurt or angry – take the time you need. Remember what matters to you and who cares about you.
5. The pain you feel shows how much you care. You can be both sad and ready to act but don't feel pressured to jump into action right away if you're grieving
.Help others and prepare for what's ahead. Helping others is a way of helping yourself
6. Build connections with people who share your values
So lovely, and needed. Thank you. "There is no alternative to persevering, and that does not require you to feel good. You can keep walking whether it's sunny or raining. Take care of yourself and remember that taking care of something else is an important part of taking care of yourself, because you are interwoven with the ten trillion things in this single garment of destiny that has been stained and torn, but is still being woven and mended and washed."
I needed that!!! My hope lies in the people of this country to hold high expectations of government officials & not forget what we need to represent to the world we live in now & in the future. Let freedom ring!
He said I must pay special attention in cars. He wasn’t, he assured me, saying that I’d be in an accident but that for two weeks some particular caution was in order, &, he said, all I really needed to do was throw the white light of Alma around any car I entered & then I’d be fine. & when I asked about Alma, he said, Oh, come on, you know Alma well. You two were together first in Egypt & then at Stonehenge, & I nodded though I’ve never been - in this life at least - to Stonehenge; then I said, Shouldn’t I always throw the white light of Alma around a car? & when he said, Well, it wouldn’t hurt, I said, What about around planes, houses? What if I throw the white light of Alma around anyone who might need protection from the reckless speed of driving or the reckless swerve & skid of the world? & the psychic opened his hands & shrugged up his shoulders. So despite your doubt or mine as to why I’d gone there, to a psychic, in - I kid you not - a town of psychics - in the first place, right now, as you read this, let me throw the white light of Alma around you & everyone you pass close to today, beloved or stranger, the grocer, the bus driver, the boy on his longboard, the lady you stand silent beside in the elevator, & also I am throwing it around anyone they care about anywhere in the spin of the world, because, we can agree that these days, everywhere, particular caution is in order &, even if unverifiable, the light of my dear sister Alma, couldn’t hurt.
The U.S. DOJ's AI-fueled prosecutions 🎯 risks turning into Gordon Gekko's technocracy. Lives ruined💔, rights eroded, all in the name of flashy stats. Justice should serve truth, not algorithms. Justice ⚖️ isn't a zero-sum game, it's time to rewrite the rules. 🕊️
Hope flickers but never dies when we keep feeding its flame. Solnit provides fuel for those flames. Solnit’s sayings should be themes for weekly essays. For example (as edited):
1. Don't let them win by making you feel helpless. Even when we can't fix everything, saving what we can matters.
2. We're all connected in this messy but beautiful world that's constantly being rebuilt and repaired
3. Throughout history, people have kept hope alive under the worst conditions – in dictatorships, under oppression, and in dark times.
You don't have to feel positive to keep going. Just take one step at a time.
4. It's okay to feel hurt or angry – take the time you need. Remember what matters to you and who cares about you.
5. The pain you feel shows how much you care. You can be both sad and ready to act but don't feel pressured to jump into action right away if you're grieving
.Help others and prepare for what's ahead. Helping others is a way of helping yourself
6. Build connections with people who share your values
So lovely, and needed. Thank you. "There is no alternative to persevering, and that does not require you to feel good. You can keep walking whether it's sunny or raining. Take care of yourself and remember that taking care of something else is an important part of taking care of yourself, because you are interwoven with the ten trillion things in this single garment of destiny that has been stained and torn, but is still being woven and mended and washed."
An excellent and welcome reminder. Thank you.
Thank you, Anand. I think we all need a pep talk
Thank you. This got me sobbing in relief and hope, so I ordered the book. Feeling better, for the moment.
I needed that!!! My hope lies in the people of this country to hold high expectations of government officials & not forget what we need to represent to the world we live in now & in the future. Let freedom ring!
THE PSYCHIC
Victoria Redel
He said I must pay special attention in cars. He wasn’t, he assured me, saying that I’d be in an accident but that for two weeks some particular caution was in order, &, he said, all I really needed to do was throw the white light of Alma around any car I entered & then I’d be fine. & when I asked about Alma, he said, Oh, come on, you know Alma well. You two were together first in Egypt & then at Stonehenge, & I nodded though I’ve never been - in this life at least - to Stonehenge; then I said, Shouldn’t I always throw the white light of Alma around a car? & when he said, Well, it wouldn’t hurt, I said, What about around planes, houses? What if I throw the white light of Alma around anyone who might need protection from the reckless speed of driving or the reckless swerve & skid of the world? & the psychic opened his hands & shrugged up his shoulders. So despite your doubt or mine as to why I’d gone there, to a psychic, in - I kid you not - a town of psychics - in the first place, right now, as you read this, let me throw the white light of Alma around you & everyone you pass close to today, beloved or stranger, the grocer, the bus driver, the boy on his longboard, the lady you stand silent beside in the elevator, & also I am throwing it around anyone they care about anywhere in the spin of the world, because, we can agree that these days, everywhere, particular caution is in order &, even if unverifiable, the light of my dear sister Alma, couldn’t hurt.
The U.S. DOJ's AI-fueled prosecutions 🎯 risks turning into Gordon Gekko's technocracy. Lives ruined💔, rights eroded, all in the name of flashy stats. Justice should serve truth, not algorithms. Justice ⚖️ isn't a zero-sum game, it's time to rewrite the rules. 🕊️
https://doctorsofcourage.org/u-s-department-of-justices-in-a-gordon-gekko-nightmare/