Thank you very much for this graceful and hopeful essay. I'm bookmaking it to read again when I wake up in the middle of the night worried for my country and for people everywhere who are prey to the politics of resentment and grievance.
I admire you, I admire other Americans like you. I have 2 children. I'm currently seeing us through another winter cold from this weather shift. The world is weird, the world is going through a bleak phase, the ground beneath our feet is shaky, but we hold fast and steady to those we love. We're in Florida, we have a small community, the school here protects its children and actively and intentionally provides an atmosphere where kindness is welcome, where innocence is treated like the treasure it is to human childhood.
95 percent of us would probably agree on most things if we started from the same set of facts. If we are willing to face some hard truths we can actually do that.
From another American who is ashamed, I thank you for sharing your perspective and for focusing on our shared humanity. It is not a zero sum game and those who think it is are clearly desperately trying to hang on. They will die off soon, and that’s why I still have hope.
Beautiful, Mike. Thank you, deeply. We do share an amazing journey, connected. From my seven decades, your words resonate with harmony... In the end, our legacy and peace lie in the friendships we create and nourish, not our projections of self doubt turned vengeance towards others. With gratitude 🙏
I say it over and over, and now you are saying it. Grievance is not philosophy, it is psychology. It is the state of mind abused by other unhealthy, immature souls -- an intergenerational syndrome. It is growing with malignant and petty algorithms, but most people still possess basic humanity. Grievance is giving up basic bodily wisdom in favor of rationalizations and making excuses for immature behavior, pretending to be tough or lovely when in our bones we are ordinary people deserving of dignity, tolerance, and compassion. When we give it, we honor it within ourselves.
Thank you very much for this graceful and hopeful essay. I'm bookmaking it to read again when I wake up in the middle of the night worried for my country and for people everywhere who are prey to the politics of resentment and grievance.
I admire you, I admire other Americans like you. I have 2 children. I'm currently seeing us through another winter cold from this weather shift. The world is weird, the world is going through a bleak phase, the ground beneath our feet is shaky, but we hold fast and steady to those we love. We're in Florida, we have a small community, the school here protects its children and actively and intentionally provides an atmosphere where kindness is welcome, where innocence is treated like the treasure it is to human childhood.
What an eloquent, heartfelt column. You should write more, and find bigger audience.
95 percent of us would probably agree on most things if we started from the same set of facts. If we are willing to face some hard truths we can actually do that.
You are absolutely right. Beautifully said.
From another American who is ashamed, I thank you for sharing your perspective and for focusing on our shared humanity. It is not a zero sum game and those who think it is are clearly desperately trying to hang on. They will die off soon, and that’s why I still have hope.
Beautiful, Mike. Thank you, deeply. We do share an amazing journey, connected. From my seven decades, your words resonate with harmony... In the end, our legacy and peace lie in the friendships we create and nourish, not our projections of self doubt turned vengeance towards others. With gratitude 🙏
The hippie generation still lives and loves 😍 I mean in a more endearing and enduring sense!
I say it over and over, and now you are saying it. Grievance is not philosophy, it is psychology. It is the state of mind abused by other unhealthy, immature souls -- an intergenerational syndrome. It is growing with malignant and petty algorithms, but most people still possess basic humanity. Grievance is giving up basic bodily wisdom in favor of rationalizations and making excuses for immature behavior, pretending to be tough or lovely when in our bones we are ordinary people deserving of dignity, tolerance, and compassion. When we give it, we honor it within ourselves.
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