Whew. Today needs a few more revs of the ol' crank.
The world isn't all awful, but I've already seen two people steal a bag from a sleeping unhoused person (the woman stealing while the man watched; then both set off laughing--nothing I could do in time).
And I had a middling cry!
Stress headache while trying to edit overdue work triggered a completely unhelpful set of negative thoughts.
So. Walking. Head-clearing. Coming back to try again.
Brain stuff! It lies to you. 🙃
(And I'll be fine, but I do think it's important to be open about the emotions we carry with us into any supposedly more elevated discourse. All of our "higher reasoning", all of our "factual debate", is carried out by bodies working through biochemical highs and lows. Our bodies don't know that we're just being keyboard warriors when they react to yet another biochemical stress input. They're built for the plains predators, not info wars - and let's never forget it. 👌🏻)
Really good point.
@MLClark
quite right. the grey darkness and rain here today are further glooming up the mindscape, but i'm working on it.