Share it to your personal email. Then open the email & print it. If you have no printer, share it to a friend who does & ask them to print it for you. Good luck! D
Always need to read your comments, John. I'm more of a spreadsheet or database kind of guy and marvel at your ability to articulate your thoughts and feelings whereas I can barely name them. I also must be using the word 'marshal' all wrong; you used 'martial' your forces so I learned something new today. Keep up the fight, there are more with you than against you.
This! You have captured how I feel. When I recently lost a friend and had friends lose parents who were also friends, I realized just how much I am grieving all the things you share here along with the loss of colleagues due to lay offs and more. Had to shift from “Happy New Year” to may 2024 bring you health, peace, and moments of joy. John -thank you, and may you too find health, peace, and moments of joy today. I know you bring those to me.
Gradually, I am appreciating every day as if it is possibly the last day. Given the state of the world today -- who really knows, right? And, strangely enough, it gives me a sense of peace.
I never thought about it like that, but it seems like we are all in cycles of grief. We are still human beings despite it all, and the toxicity of the news cycle further drives those emotions. I read an amazing book called America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Powers many years ago. It told of how the endless propaganda on the radio waves led to Hutu ethnic group members taking machetes to their Tutsi neighbors after calling them cockroaches for years in the country of Rawanda. This was among countless other examples. I couldn’t imagine what it would take to dehumanize an entire subset of a population and believe they shouldn’t exist. I read the words but couldn’t fathom that we would see the same propaganda machine at work here. Every voice reminding us of our common humanity matters. We can’t give up hope even though it’s painful.
Yes, Amy. I lead an online course called 'Good Grieving' and the heart of that is that we are all morning the loss of something/someone, and yes, that pain can manifest in all sorts of ways.
I mourn the loss of innocence in that I was sure then of how to tell the difference between good and evil. Life is far more complicated because people make decisions every day about what emotion they want to feed. As you said, pain can manifest in all sorts of ways, so the reality for me is more about our responses to it. On a side note, thank you again for these articles. They mean so much to many.
Thank you for expressing so perfectly what I have been feeling over the past few years. Grieving is the word I’ve been wanting to use and you made it real for me! Some days I just get lost in my thoughts and get absolutely nothing done - I can now borrow from you and express what’s really going on in my head! My new hero!!
It’s the same watch news programs. It matters which channel you watch or listen to, it doesn’t matter what country you are in or languages you speak. It is the same. I can only take so much of it and I need a timeout.
Just like grieving, we can only take so much. Too much diversity grounds us down. Too much grieving we get worn out to the point that if something good happens we may miss it too.
I started a pocket calendar record on January 1st (bought a $0.99 one at Staples). In it I try to record ONE (1) positive thing that I saw or did each day. It’s hard to do.
Possible to print this one out. Not figured out how. And need to read over & over for validation, etc etc etc. thank you John!!
Share it to your personal email. Then open the email & print it. If you have no printer, share it to a friend who does & ask them to print it for you. Good luck! D
Thanks, Dorinda! Wynne, you can also copy the text and paste it into a document and create and print as you need to.
Always need to read your comments, John. I'm more of a spreadsheet or database kind of guy and marvel at your ability to articulate your thoughts and feelings whereas I can barely name them. I also must be using the word 'marshal' all wrong; you used 'martial' your forces so I learned something new today. Keep up the fight, there are more with you than against you.
Thanks so much, Bill. Glad the writing is an encouragement!
This! You have captured how I feel. When I recently lost a friend and had friends lose parents who were also friends, I realized just how much I am grieving all the things you share here along with the loss of colleagues due to lay offs and more. Had to shift from “Happy New Year” to may 2024 bring you health, peace, and moments of joy. John -thank you, and may you too find health, peace, and moments of joy today. I know you bring those to me.
Thank you so much, Susan! Grateful for the support and encouragement!
Gradually, I am appreciating every day as if it is possibly the last day. Given the state of the world today -- who really knows, right? And, strangely enough, it gives me a sense of peace.
I never thought about it like that, but it seems like we are all in cycles of grief. We are still human beings despite it all, and the toxicity of the news cycle further drives those emotions. I read an amazing book called America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Powers many years ago. It told of how the endless propaganda on the radio waves led to Hutu ethnic group members taking machetes to their Tutsi neighbors after calling them cockroaches for years in the country of Rawanda. This was among countless other examples. I couldn’t imagine what it would take to dehumanize an entire subset of a population and believe they shouldn’t exist. I read the words but couldn’t fathom that we would see the same propaganda machine at work here. Every voice reminding us of our common humanity matters. We can’t give up hope even though it’s painful.
Yes, Amy. I lead an online course called 'Good Grieving' and the heart of that is that we are all morning the loss of something/someone, and yes, that pain can manifest in all sorts of ways.
I mourn the loss of innocence in that I was sure then of how to tell the difference between good and evil. Life is far more complicated because people make decisions every day about what emotion they want to feed. As you said, pain can manifest in all sorts of ways, so the reality for me is more about our responses to it. On a side note, thank you again for these articles. They mean so much to many.
Thank you for expressing so perfectly what I have been feeling over the past few years. Grieving is the word I’ve been wanting to use and you made it real for me! Some days I just get lost in my thoughts and get absolutely nothing done - I can now borrow from you and express what’s really going on in my head! My new hero!!
It’s the same watch news programs. It matters which channel you watch or listen to, it doesn’t matter what country you are in or languages you speak. It is the same. I can only take so much of it and I need a timeout.
Just like grieving, we can only take so much. Too much diversity grounds us down. Too much grieving we get worn out to the point that if something good happens we may miss it too.
I started a pocket calendar record on January 1st (bought a $0.99 one at Staples). In it I try to record ONE (1) positive thing that I saw or did each day. It’s hard to do.