Thoughts:
(in two parts)
As my dad used to say.
"I don't care how the Dodge got in the ditch, I only care about who your going to ask to help, and how ya'll going to pull it out."
Blame is not justice.
@MLClark said:
"Sit with the world as it is, and to recognize that we are all making choices within constrained circumstances."
"To be resilient and supple in the face of tyranny and fear, is hard work. It requires a motive beyond anger and hate. It can be achieved."
~ me
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Now platitudes aside. How can we immune ourselves from "Reaction Bait", and get on building the communities we want.
I have a bag full of tools, but they are my tools and may be different that what you need, or can even, giving your circumstances, use. But these tool share some common attributes.
1. Grow and nurture your imagination.
2. Spend sometime going slow.
3. Let others lift what there're good at.
4. Deeply connect with a few good people, rather than the hoard of everyone.
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@corlin An awful lot of people struggle with #3 and it's such an important lesson to learn 👍🏼