Jan 19, 2015 Teaching and Learning

Help me!  I try not to despair.  I weep from sheer horror and frustration and sorrow for our sisters and brothers who are brutalized, shunted aside, stuck in prison for minor offenses, beaten, tortured, killed.  I try not to give up on people.  I try to remind myself that humanity can be good, IS good, and that one must keep trying to make things better.  I surround myself with reminders of heroes and heroines who made, or try to make, a change.

How can I write and sing when all this goes on?

And yet, sing and write I must, we must, for that is what mitigates the sheer horror of living in such a society.  Fight and march we must, for what else can we do?

So, I say these things to myself, but it’s hard.  Yes, yes, all those things, like meditation, good living, all those things are there for us to do, but they are not enough.  Playing with my dog … that helps.  Loving my family … that saves me.

And my life is GOOD, and I have nothing to complain about at all.

Keep on keepin’ on!

Tags: #Striving, fighting despair