As I was perusing social media, I stumbled across Cezary Jan Strusiewicz pondering why he was suddenly thinking about the 1917 Russian Revolution. A mystery, that.
While starting this post, I went looking for a meme I thought I'd posted here before, but I can't find it. Did I post it here before? I don't know for sure...
Yeah, so everything's a mess. And getting worse. I'm not sure where the ugly bill is with regards to becoming law, and I can't watch. I just can't watch. Hearing about how many people have already died due to cuts made in international aid and how many people are going to die when they lose food support and healthcare is just gutting me. And that's only one of the myriad things the regime is forcing through.
I keep hearing about this "bystander training" that an organization is doing. This one is at 4 PM Eastern time today. Online. If you click around the tabs, you'll find all sorts of other free trainings they do online. I haven't done one (and this week is a no-go for me), but they look worthwhile. And if you're not a training person, they have a book out with similar information. (Sorry it's an Amazon link, but that was the link they offered.)
Next Tuesday I'll be just getting back from my trip, so it's likely I won't have one of these posts. (I'll do a "what if?" I think.) Stay safe.
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I just can't do the political crap on social media. I might voice my thoughts in front of folks but not often. I don't do religious stuff either. I found a long time ago that those two topics can go one of two ways. You get blessed out or someone agrees with you. Chances are, going to be lots of both sides and frankly I don't care what others feel on those matters, I know how I feel and I don't want someone trying to preach at me and try to change my mind. But with that said, I DON'T watch that mess on TV. and sometimes unless I see on FB, I really don't have a clue what our POUS is doing. I figure that I can't change it so I try to stay away from it to keep from getting TOTALLY PISSED OFF>
ReplyDeleteFeel free to skip my Tuesday posts. I promise to keep my rants to Tuesdays only.
DeleteThat first meme is me, exactly. Plus, I've been a caregiver for several months now, and may be for months if not years to come. That has a lot of its own stresses. So, combined with what is going on, it's just plain emotional overload. They depend on that, don't they. We all get so overloaded we don't fight back.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I felt that meme so hard. That's why I thought I had shared it before.
DeleteOverload is the perfect word. We've all got to balance it the best we can, and take a break as needed.
ReplyDeleteOverload is the point.
DeleteEven more instructive is the 1905 (I hope I got the year right) Revolution which was put down by the Czar. Put down, but it highlighted unrest and was perhaps a harbinger of things to come. IMO, bad replaced bad.
ReplyDeleteI’ve always been political but I am feeling burnt out. He is exhausting.
ReplyDeleteI am so burnt out, too.
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