Note to Myself # 30

It's easy to get overwhelmed and discouraged

from all the coverage of 45

and what he's doing that makes us shudder.

I know the burden's on us to be

the change we want to see in the world,

but if we can't find pleasure

and just plain FuN

in the process, we need to rethink our approach.

play

making music

creating art

giggling with friends

concocting a new and scrumptious dish

knitting a sweater (or a pink hat)

dancing with abandon

These are all ways to increase

your life force

to build a reserve to energy

for serious work

and to put a huge dollop of JoY

into the Universe.

That's a good antidote

to the fear-mongering being pushed

to promote false and divisive ideologies.