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Mindfulness and Outrage Culture
A connection can be made to alter the impact and tone in regards to social change.
Let’s face it. Lots and lots of things can currently incite outrage.
Look at the world. So many dumpster fires, so much fear and hatred and outright cruelty happening. It can be very overwhelming, no matter how far removed from it you may be.
I could list off a whole host of topics here, but what I want to focus on is what YOU get outraged about. What gets you angry, upset, and ready to start flipping tables?
The reason to ask this question is that finding reasons to feel outraged isn’t hard. The question I have is, what good does it do you?
I am not questioning your feeling, per se. But I am questioning why you are feeling it, and how you are allowing it to impact your life.
So, so much of what is going on in the world is way outside of our immediate ability to change it. Elections aren’t available right now, you can’t just text a number to vote a politician out of office, nor can you request a legal investigation across the world.
Of course, these terrible things are going to make you feel outraged. It’s only natural, at least if you have any empathy. But I would caution examining what form it takes, and what good, if any, it can do for you.
