Amen. When there was only a newspaper for news, I always looked forward to reading the comics section. As you described perfectly it made me feel in touch with my humanity. Levity is what we need, and for us independent voters I never wanted a party affiliation. Good grief, Jen. Thanks for the reminder.
Yes! I agree! In fact, I subscribed to get my local paper in print. There is a human element to reading about the issues affecting my community while flipping large news pages. It’s been such a meditative practice recently. I would also @jenhitze contribute to your publication with comics if you started a comics thing!
It's an interesting point you made about bonding with political parties. For a while, all of my friends came from the political activist groups I was involved in. Eventually as I formed other interests, I realized that all I had in common with a lot of my activist friends was anger. And I didn't want to be angry anymore.
I'm still motivated to enact change but I don't want to complain about everything all the time, I want to do good work and also enjoy my life.
We are all so over it. Elections are pure theater. They want us to keep buying tickets so the show goes on and on. Going into politics was never meant as a get rich quick scheme or a retirement plan. Instead of fighting each other or tuning out altogether, we need to reject these shenanigans. We need to join forces to expose those who are really running the show, the OZ that is behind the curtain, while YES living our best lives, ones that make us laugh and love and grow our beautiful communities.
Because you mentioned conservationism…I cast my ballot and have since been holed away reading Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s latest book (and NYT bestseller) “What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures”. It’s filled with inspiring interviews from folks working across various sectors, from farming and architecture to screenwriting, to address what it will take to shape life in a future of changing climate. People clearly articulating a vision with enthusiasm and joy…imagine!
I think what the climate movement really needs is boots on the ground, conservation, environmental protection, and plain old common sense. By focusing only on a vague metric like a “carbon footprint,” we might miss the point. I think true sustainability is about getting closer to nature.
Thank you for sharing Ayana’s book. I’ll definitely check it out.
Perhaps it’s true that who we vote into office can be important, but mostly it’s a negative importance. I’ve lived in enough countries where politics served to make awful life even more awful. We’re not quite there yet, but it’s not from lack of effort on the part of our politicians.
They are losing their fear of us, something we need to restore. Also, we would probably have better luck with a national lottery in which every citizen was a potential leader. To fight as hard as politicians fight to win elections is a sign of a pathology. With a national leadership lottery, there is a good chance we could avoid pathologies.
I thought this was so incisive. Thank you. The bit about working for justice being a distraction from one's own stuff. Yep. Also, I had friends visiting from Reno last week and they said all of this about how overwhelmingly everywhere election paraphernalia is. They were glad for a break in parochial little Blighty 😅 xx
Perhaps what is missing in this whole circus is balance. There is a huge difference between the message of love and humor of the Harris campaign and the fear mongering fascism of Trump's. Politics really does affect each and every one of us on a very personal level from property taxes to the equal rights and bodily autonomy to ability to have a roof over our head. Ignore politics at your own peril.
I don’t think she’s suggesting ignore politics. I think political involvement should have as much presence in our individual lives as the amount of control we have over it. And at the national scale, that’s very little. Unless of course, you’re working on a campaign or lobbying.
While i subscribe to generally what you write, what you have written about totally ignoring and detaching ourselves from the injustices of this world reeks of the capitalist mindset and pure selfishness. I am sorry I do not agree with Wayne Dyer who you quote. In that case the many countries who fought for freedom and won, like India would never have got it.
Amen. When there was only a newspaper for news, I always looked forward to reading the comics section. As you described perfectly it made me feel in touch with my humanity. Levity is what we need, and for us independent voters I never wanted a party affiliation. Good grief, Jen. Thanks for the reminder.
Yes! I agree! In fact, I subscribed to get my local paper in print. There is a human element to reading about the issues affecting my community while flipping large news pages. It’s been such a meditative practice recently. I would also @jenhitze contribute to your publication with comics if you started a comics thing!
No, thank you!
Sounds like you live in a swing state!
It's an interesting point you made about bonding with political parties. For a while, all of my friends came from the political activist groups I was involved in. Eventually as I formed other interests, I realized that all I had in common with a lot of my activist friends was anger. And I didn't want to be angry anymore.
I'm still motivated to enact change but I don't want to complain about everything all the time, I want to do good work and also enjoy my life.
“I want to do good work and also enjoy my life.”
Amen, sister! 🙏
We are all so over it. Elections are pure theater. They want us to keep buying tickets so the show goes on and on. Going into politics was never meant as a get rich quick scheme or a retirement plan. Instead of fighting each other or tuning out altogether, we need to reject these shenanigans. We need to join forces to expose those who are really running the show, the OZ that is behind the curtain, while YES living our best lives, ones that make us laugh and love and grow our beautiful communities.
Couldn’t agree more. Thank you, Tina!
Love this so much. thanks, Jen
No, thank you, Susan!
The only true security in life comes from fully embracing its inherent insecurity.
——The Road Less Traveled (written by M. Scott Peck)
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Because you mentioned conservationism…I cast my ballot and have since been holed away reading Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s latest book (and NYT bestseller) “What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures”. It’s filled with inspiring interviews from folks working across various sectors, from farming and architecture to screenwriting, to address what it will take to shape life in a future of changing climate. People clearly articulating a vision with enthusiasm and joy…imagine!
I think what the climate movement really needs is boots on the ground, conservation, environmental protection, and plain old common sense. By focusing only on a vague metric like a “carbon footprint,” we might miss the point. I think true sustainability is about getting closer to nature.
Thank you for sharing Ayana’s book. I’ll definitely check it out.
Perhaps it’s true that who we vote into office can be important, but mostly it’s a negative importance. I’ve lived in enough countries where politics served to make awful life even more awful. We’re not quite there yet, but it’s not from lack of effort on the part of our politicians.
They are losing their fear of us, something we need to restore. Also, we would probably have better luck with a national lottery in which every citizen was a potential leader. To fight as hard as politicians fight to win elections is a sign of a pathology. With a national leadership lottery, there is a good chance we could avoid pathologies.
“But don’t stake your happiness and sanity on a candidate or party that will always put its own interests over yours.”
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Very wise!
That’s the goal! Thank you, Katherine 🙏
It drives me mad! I've been trying to escape all the devices that want to capture my attention with this 😩
Whew …. You nailed that! Thank you !
Thank you, Nancy! 🙏
Brilliant, as usual. I feel better :)
Thank you, John! 🙏♥️
I thought this was so incisive. Thank you. The bit about working for justice being a distraction from one's own stuff. Yep. Also, I had friends visiting from Reno last week and they said all of this about how overwhelmingly everywhere election paraphernalia is. They were glad for a break in parochial little Blighty 😅 xx
I’m more than a bit late in responding, but thank you, Ruth! Your support means the world to me ♥️🙏
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Perhaps what is missing in this whole circus is balance. There is a huge difference between the message of love and humor of the Harris campaign and the fear mongering fascism of Trump's. Politics really does affect each and every one of us on a very personal level from property taxes to the equal rights and bodily autonomy to ability to have a roof over our head. Ignore politics at your own peril.
I don’t think she’s suggesting ignore politics. I think political involvement should have as much presence in our individual lives as the amount of control we have over it. And at the national scale, that’s very little. Unless of course, you’re working on a campaign or lobbying.
While i subscribe to generally what you write, what you have written about totally ignoring and detaching ourselves from the injustices of this world reeks of the capitalist mindset and pure selfishness. I am sorry I do not agree with Wayne Dyer who you quote. In that case the many countries who fought for freedom and won, like India would never have got it.