LOVE this. THIS is the definition of courage. Going right to the edge of the precipice because you just can't stand the pain, futility, exhaustion , fury and frustration...time to jump off the crazy train! But...if YOU jump off, and I jump off, and he, and she, and all of them jump off because we are spent and have no more...then who's left to fight the conductor not to ram that friggin' train right into a mountain ? No, we are not there yet. It feels like it but that's only if we all jump off. Thank you for stepping back off the edge, and have at all the Haagen-Daz fortification you need. Or, in my case, scones from the Village Market. Courage comes in all manifestations!
Love this post. I love the metaphor you created and your personal follow up post. It's possible to separate (and possibly divorce) and reconsider after a big fight or stupid actions that America takes (and it did) and decide to put some effort into making it work out. It's every Americans' choice. I do believe in not giving up on something that has meant so much or given us so much. Like Kamala says - Work is hard. Hard work is good work (or something like that). Glad you decided the same.
LOVE this. THIS is the definition of courage. Going right to the edge of the precipice because you just can't stand the pain, futility, exhaustion , fury and frustration...time to jump off the crazy train! But...if YOU jump off, and I jump off, and he, and she, and all of them jump off because we are spent and have no more...then who's left to fight the conductor not to ram that friggin' train right into a mountain ? No, we are not there yet. It feels like it but that's only if we all jump off. Thank you for stepping back off the edge, and have at all the Haagen-Daz fortification you need. Or, in my case, scones from the Village Market. Courage comes in all manifestations!
Courage my friend. .... where is your column? :)
Love this post. I love the metaphor you created and your personal follow up post. It's possible to separate (and possibly divorce) and reconsider after a big fight or stupid actions that America takes (and it did) and decide to put some effort into making it work out. It's every Americans' choice. I do believe in not giving up on something that has meant so much or given us so much. Like Kamala says - Work is hard. Hard work is good work (or something like that). Glad you decided the same.