Say Something, Do Something, Donate Something…Right Now!
Crones Who Care — Day 8
Feeling paralyzed and overwhelmed? Sad and emotionally distraught? Feeling like you can’t do any single thing, even though we are talking baby steps to change our society? Wondering how loving kindness and compassion even makes sense?
You are not alone. Our brains can freeze in horrid situations. GuWords don’t slide over our tongues easily. What small actions can we actually take?
Borrow the words, massage them personally to you, share the message, provide links to your friends of writers who offer solutions, donate to the activist groups that are helping with food, money, legislation, blood. Here are some ideas to get you started.
From Steady by Dan Rather:
“Here is where I want to reach out for a little hope. Not ignoring the hard realities but tending at least some embers of hope. Is this time different? The safe money is on betting no. But, to this reporter anyway, it feels different, fostering optimism that this time could be, might be different. The level of outcry seems higher. The anger, laser-focused on the politicians of inaction, seems more intense. And the actions of groups you don’t normally see advocating for change in national gun policy seem surprising.
Several examples of this…
