That’s my diagnosis. My prescription might be simple: be kind to each other, remembering the distress we’ve all lived through; defend the facts with ardor; fight fascism and climate chaos in the ways you’re best equipped to (and if you’re lucky, that will connect you to other good people doing that crucial work). And if you’re lonely know that even in that you’re not alone; millions are, in large part because of how our world got rearranged. But diagnosis is the first step of treatment or cure, and just talking about how personal the impact is of this chaotic new era matters.
— Rebecca Solnit, from “Trump, Covid, the climate crisis – we’ve had a hard few years. The wounds linger.” (The Guardian, June 4, 2024)
YES!!
YES
YES!
Absolutely!
Yes. Many of us at least visited rant mode, because the frustration with sudden and severe nitwitism around us was off the charts — a blinded Congress, blinded family and friends and acquaintances, amidst a global “what now?” that the executive nitwit shouldn’t have tried to answer… We’re all still reeling, if more quietly. During the pandemic, we lost friends and neighbors and younger folks one after another; not one of these had Covid. Yes, kindness is still and ever more crucial to choose.❤️ DK, I’m truly grateful that you and your readers have chosen that.
Beautifully stated. Beautiful. “We’re all still reeling, if more quietly.” And still hanging on this line. Thank YOU for sharing and being part of this wonderful community.
Excellent points!
Love this simple and piercing advice.
Yes. Me too Lori.
Be kind. How sad we need the reminder. <3
Laughing.
We really aren’t alone… yet we hold back a little too. Maybe it is because of the chaos and fear generated in those years.
I’m thinking it’s time to put ourselves forward and be a part of the solution…
So agree with that Val.
Time to be part of the solution! I am in!
Good!
La prise de conscience est un bon début dans toutes les situations qu’on trouve difficiles.