TL;DR: The first step must be to calm our nervous systems; to return to center. From that grounded place, we can take longer-term actions. Second, we can cultivate resilience practices to support us amid turbulent times: taking a rest. Gardening. Spending time with nature, art, music, reading. Third: we have to build community, to invest in relatio... See more

the cynics who tell us it’s too late, even the scolds who tell us to go vegan. We’re angry at ourselves — at our own guilt, shame, and helplessness; at our own contradictions as we suck at the teat of the very fossil fuel industry we rail against. We’re angry at other people — at the folks who do nothing, the politicians who do next to nothing, and

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