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Are You Alive Today?
If you are reading this, you are alive. That’s huge — and a matter of tremendous positivity.
With the loss of one of the great champions of justice, many of my friends are feeling hopeless.
Let’s be honest — things are beyond distressing for just about everyone right now. The uncertainty is at levels I know I’ve never felt before. Even if you’ve had personal uncertainty, the general, collective uncertainty today is palpable.
We are still dealing with COVID-19 (and the steady 35,000+ new cases a day). There is a super-ugly election between a candidate that stirs little excitement — but offers hope — and another who stokes inappropriate fires — and lies constantly. Breonna Taylor’s murderers are still free. An utter hypocrite is responsible for the actions and inactions of the Senate.
That doesn’t even touch on anything happening outside of the United States.
All of this just makes the future nothing but uncertain. Nobody knows what is coming and nobody can predict accurately a damned thing. That stirs fear, hopelessness, anger, depression, and other negative emotions like they exist all by themselves today.
Except that they don’t. There are always choices available. You can always decide on things that will impact your life experience.
