As a follow up, I want to share that when I experience a day like that, (frequently after a whole lot of cortisol that seems to take me over for a bit, and processing that. Looking for ways to defuse it in the first place) ultimately I remember all the lower court judges (and all the staff associated with them) doing the right thing under law, the lawyers fighting the fight, the litigants taking the risk to stand up, the people like brave Maxine who I posted about in the political thread who are standing up and getting involved and trying to make our government better, other good people giving whatever service or aid they can or is needed in so many creative and generous ways… and treat leads me to thinking about all the good still in people and in the world. Which always leads me back to some version of thought related to the serenity prayer/meditation ad focus on what I can control, and impact, rather than what is completely out of my control. And some hope that the pendulum will swing back, the tide will change, etc. And remembering that today is all wa have anyways, so may as well not ruin it by ruminating on the shite. But stuffing that stuff without acknowledging the shittiness of it, which usually means some expression of anger for me, is not the way either. So I just have to go through this some times, get really upset at some injustice and rage, and then process it. (In a way that does not harm or unduly upset those around me that I love). And make sure not to just cave.
No wrapping this up in a Disney bow. I don’t know how things turn out for this country or any of us. But I prefer enjoying the time we have and doing the good I can, while I can. That is less painful than being overwhelmed by it all for me, in the end.
