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Why Do What You Do?
This is a valid question that can be applied to many things. So why do what you do?
I don’t know about you, but the past nearly six months have been insane for me. I kept on working through the pandemic from home but lost fencing practice in the wisdom to close things down. Friends have been furloughed, lost jobs, or are facing sending kids back to school — or returning there themselves to teach — despite the ongoing battle with COVID-19.
Trump continues to undermine our democracy — and doesn’t give a shit about you, me, or anyone else in his quest to remain in power. This certainly isn’t helping with anger, expanding an already too-wide artificial divide, and contributing to uncertainty about tomorrow.
People have run out of cope and patience because of all this, and more. So, they are super-short-tempered, easily flustered, quick to anger, and take offense at the drop of a hat.
All of this impacts me, too. I feel the uncertainty and share it. Also, I fear for the United States amid this insanity.
Further, I worry about the mental, emotional, and physical health of all those I care about because they’re equally or more impacted by these things as I am.
