Boy, do we need a day to stop.
Stop doom scrolling on your phone.
Stop yelling at the kids on your lawn.
Just stop.
For a moment just be.
Go for a walk.
Touch some grass.
Pet a puppy.
Hug your kids.
Remember what Annie taught us “Just thinking about tomorrow, blows away the cobwebs and the sorrow. Tomorrow there’ll be sun.”
We have to hold on to that knowledge, but also acknowledge that it is going to take a LOT of work to get to the tomorrow (Star Trek) that we want instead of the current (Star Wars) that we are in.
But today realize that this shit is hard and we are doing the best we can with the protesting and the speaking up and the witnessing their acts of cruelty.
Have a cookie.
Today of days I embrace the notion and the knowledge that these dark days cannot last forever.
Every time I open an app, I see thousands of people exercising their first amendment rights to peacefully protest.
And I see the Portland Frog Troup and I smile.
And open 5 calls and write my next letter and make my next call.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 