Doing what you can, where you are
How do I manage when the world news is filled with things about which I can do nothing — or very little.
Overwhelming grief and suffering and hate on the big screen. The obvious answer asks a question: “What can I do something about?” Does that seem like a dot in this vast universe? Maybe it is — but it's my dot; the dot that is my life — and if I look closely I see it is actually many dots. My work is to connect them.
The first thing I can do is visit my state of mind. What's in there? Is it shades of the same nasty stuff I see in the larger world — the one I cannot control. It is a fountain of arrogance to expect others to respond in better ways, when I myself cannot. I am reminded of the strong warning Jesus spoke to His listeners for even calling a fellow human being a “fool.” And that's practically polite in today's diatribes.
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