In a transition it's important to hold hands tighter, to keep each other safe.
I am feeling very uplifted by people on my team. I worked for many years alone. To be part of a great team is truly astonishing. To have so much love and concern for each other. To have people ask me to take on new responsibilities and trust me - even when i screwed up - again - has been very healing.
Challenged myself to come up with a list of good things that have developed since last July 22.
1. Courage/face fears 2. Live in a place with perfect weather 3. Shed bitterness 4. Own resources/choices 5. I like my new little place 6. Friendlier to everyone, store clerks, etc 7. Live near mountains 8. Humble to accept love and help 9. Help my mom more 10. Work on progressive infrastructure 11. New friends 12. Great neighbors with kids and dogs 13. Really fresh food 14. I am writing at last 15. Closure on my russian work 16. Finally off meds 17. Being given more responsibility at work 18. More honest relationships 19. Time spent on beauty and health 20. Open to the next steps in my life
The struggle to find beauty in a broken world, the search for hope and love, and the traveling musician scenes in this video all appeal to me.
This song goes on first thing in the morning to get the blood stirring, to lift my spirits for the new day.
"I know I'm not a hopeless case...." See, right there is reason enough to wake up to this every morning. Just need a little reminder from time to time.
A toast to you all: brave and beautiful, hopeful and loving, traveling and grounded, wonderful firepups.
Clapton, East, and Knopfler creating magic, Toronto '88 h/t Wildvideoguy
On the eve of Thanksgiving Sunday when half the country is on the road, this feels like the right music. Hope all you pups found some goodness for yourselves, a visit or a great meal or a vacation or some time to think and relax.
As we pick up the reins again Monday it may seem that we've lost our way politically. Our confidence is shaken, trust in the government damaged, hope for one political party or another weakened by the cowardice of our elected representatives. How we mourn our innocence, that blind faith in the secure, stable nation we grew up in. Even during Vietnam and Watergate the country did not seem so broken.
Transitions can be difficult to manage, and that's when everybody is operating in good faith, which seems dubious as we observe the actions and inactions of the nominal leaders in the Democratic Party. Turns out we are the authentic leaders, we are creating a new path for ourselves and inviting others to join us.
I know a little bit about transitions, leaving one home and coast and establishing a new home on the other side of the country. It's kind of a rollercoaster, the adventures and disappointments, discoveries, more knowledge if not more wisdom.
Once the decision is made to change, there is an inherent momentum whether it be personal or political. We can't find our way back, but we can work together to find the way ahead.
