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Keeping Ourselves Encouraged in the midst of a SNAFUBAR Shitshow

Phew chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile.

It's been awhile since I posted, and we "sick and tired of being sick and tired," quoth Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer.

That man has been in office barely 9 months, and it has seemed like over a year already.

D'Angelo just died. Neo-soul has lost a King.

And my goddess, one of the articles about his death reminded me that Angie Stone died THIS year too. Two Neo-soul legends gone and one young man losing both his parents in the same year.

And that's just this week.

I could go on and on, but enough of the sadness...

Shit is hard. Seems like it's getting harder day by day. 

Folks literally trying to legislate away people's rights, existence, identities.

Corruption and cons left, right and center.

History constantly repeating itself.

Realizations that the folks who most Americans point to as the worst of history--the Nazis--actually got many of their ideas from the Jim Crow era.

Seems like controlling forces, who want to subjugate, cage, get rid of, destroy, deport, return to cotton fields, and otherwise bring hell upon our heads, keep winning. And this shit is world wide.

But that's what they want you to think.

Strongmen like to appear strong but in reality they are houses of cards. Four, five, ten, fifty-story houses... of cards.

Us being sad, overwhelmed, exhausted, and drowning in the chaos helps them, hurts us. Don't let them win.

That's why the frog-costumed protests and naked bike rides in Portland are great. This is all absurd, so absurdities in response are great. Nothing makes sense anymore, so you might as well have fun anyhow.

Find your happy places.

Find your people.

Stay encouraged.

Rest.

Resist.

When you get angry, agitated, hurt, confused, whatever, that's ok. It's bound to happen, but don't stay there for long. Don't linger in the negativity. Use the frustration for rocket fuel and always remember, "angry gets shit done," quoth Mr. Nancy/Anansi.


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