Dear Friends,
Many of you, like me, are wondering whether you ought to be doing something, engaging in some activity, getting involved in some movement. I have been thinking about this same problem.
Honestly, all my political heroes—those that are alive, anyway—are old, Baby Boomers. I avoid talking politics with them, but at gatherings (not exactly parties, but just informal get-togethers) I listen. Well, they are out of steam. Their wells have run dry. They want to wait and see whether the courts make any headway putting the brakes on Mr. Trump's wild spree of executive orders, and the Congress' wild spree of not doing anything.
Actually, you know what? 'Wait and see' sounds like a good plan for me, too. I'm not a high- energy person; you won't catch me starting a major movement all by myself. But waiting and seeing only makes sense if we've got our ears to the ground. That's what my plan is: wait and see, but keep close tabs on what's going on. Any time I hear of somebody outlining some sort of action plan, I study it quickly. If it looks silly, like something hastily put together by AI, I discard it, and start listening again.
As we wind up to next year's elections, things will begin to heat up. Maga will have to decide whether they're going to play by the rules, or invent a rule that only tall people can vote, or something silly like that.
So this is not exactly an action plan. But as soon as I had made the decision to listen selectively to see what others are doing, I found myself stressing out a lot less. Stressed-out me is a menace to all.
Kay
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