Finding Joy

Carolina Wren
Colleyville, TX

Politics and chaos bombard our peace it seems everyday. It sucks the living joy out of us. The financial markets also the geopolitical risks that this administration has thrust upon on us. Ads are being run by this administration, in English,  about how "we will hunt down" illegals to a target audience of MAGA English speakers, I presume. It's all troubling and not new. Tariffs and tough talk on immigration were all part of our depression era politics and experiment in 1928 at the onset of the great depression.

We have choices that we can exercise. First, take control and take action. Do something regardless of your age, you can act, participate and create change. Second, unplug from social media or news however you choose to get it all the time. Third, find your joy. Mine is nature and photography. We were put on this earth to enjoy it. Fourth, find friends who will add to your joy and share with them. Humans need other humans. Do not isolate yourself in your mind.

Blue Heron
Peaceful Pond
Colleyville, TX

Theodore Roosevelt in a day lost both his mother and his wife. He was overwhelmed with depression and grief. He chose to pull away from it all and ventured out to the open spaces of the American West. He reinvented himself and discovered the peace that nature brings. It was triggered by adversity.

We would not have National Parks today, had it not been for his twist of fate. We would not have his progressive ideas that became the catalyst of his cousin's, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Deal. 

Tough times happen. Adversity is part of life. It is stimulus. How we react to stimulus makes all the difference. It's a choice and a catalyst for change. You are not a victim. We are not helpless. We have the ability to reason and problem solve. Take charge.