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Self-Care, Choices, Decisions, and Selfishness
In the battle of acting with kindness and empathy versus hostility and ridicule — choosing a side matters.
Every single day you face new choices and decisions. In these uncertain times, when tomorrow is more unknown than ever before, the line between self-care and selfishness is particularly blurry.
We are in the middle of a pandemic. On top of that, we are seeing necessary social upheaval in the face of longtime systemic racism.
Want more? There are truly bizarre politics being practiced, and there are ongoing struggles for equality for marginalized groups — whether they are black, immigrant, female, LGBTQA, or what-have-you.
Everywhere you turn the struggle is real. Whether it’s against big business, ludicrous government, police brutality, white privilege, or whatever — change is afoot.
We have reached a point where passivity is no longer acceptable. This is no longer about the haves and the have-nots — it really has come down to the kind and the unkind — or — the empathetic and the unfeeling — or — the caring and despising.
Care about other people? Then you wear a mask in public to protect others, recognize that Black Lives Matter is about exposing and ending systemic racism — and treat people how you would desire to be treated.
