Feeling discouraged. And Frustrated.

[TDale313]

Anyone have any good news/silver linings they can share?

[Maru Kitteh]

1. It may not feel like good news, but the truth is

you're not alone.

[blm]

3. ✔️

[Murphyb849]

2. No I don't I am sorry to say but you are not alone in your feelings

And big hugs and hope for a better situation soon

[TDale313]

10. Thank you. 🙂 n/t

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. How old are you?

I've been discouraged for 46 years...

[TDale313]

5. 50. And usually I can find a small sliver of hope.

Finding that harder at the moment.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Good news...WOMEN'S MARCH tomorrow!

Women are protesting in hundreds of US cities tomorrow, ahead of the SCOTUS vote next week on abortion. This is good because it means people are standing up and fighting back.

https://map.womensmarch.com/?source=website

[TDale313]

7. That is really good news. n/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. I am enjoying the Alex Jones directed default verdicts

I have know Mark Bankston for over 17 years and this case has been nice to follow.

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Washington DC Police have issued "Ribbons of Valor" to officers who responded with heroism

Link to tweet

[onecaliberal]

11. I am actually encouraged. Now we know what the holdouts want.

We can’t let the perfect be the enemy of doing something that is still HISTORICAL for the American people. I’ve seen what all the major players have said tonight. They’re all working. Even from their home districts. I think President Biden advanced the ball significantly today.

[crickets]

12. Lots of it! This was linked by a DUer some time ago,

and I try to visit every once in a while to remind me of good things going on in the world today. It helps me keep things in a more positive perspective. Enjoy.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

[czarjak]

13. If Party of the Rich policies prevail, at least I have family, friends and neighbors that benefit?

[Journeyman]

15. When I was young, the Mother of one of my friends had passed through the death factories. . .

from Treblinka by way of Theresienstadt. She told me one day her life in sunshine was made possible by her capacity to love.

She and her husband, Viktor (who had also passed through the death factories), never had children of their own but instead adopted little ones who had been brutalized by life. For example, her son, my friend Ron, had been torched as a babe by his drug-addled mother. Another child, a daughter, was abandoned by her birth parents because she had an incurable disorder that took her life at 15.

And through it all, Sarah tried to make sense of the world and of what she had endured by giving freely of her love. So much had been taken, so very much denied, yet she found the capacity to make the world better, even if it was only within the confines of her small family and its duration admittedly ephemeral.

Everywhere I look in the world it is with hope. Having known and loved Sarah, what other option do I have?

[Bayard]

16. Autumn is here!

The best time of the year! Red, gold, and orange leaves twirling down from the trees, cooler temperatures so it feels good to be outside, the smell of wood smoke. I picked all the little pumpkins in the garden yesterday.

Take a walk in the woods, and soak in the heavenly scent of evergreens on a crisp morning. Look for wildlife busy getting ready for winter.

Forget politics for awhile.

[Grasswire2]

17. Do you have a kitty?

I can tell ya that my cat has been like something sent from angels over the last couple of years.

She sleeps under my pillow. Just being able to hear her purr and be near is priceless therapy,

[TDale313]

18. I do. And yes, he's great at cheering me up. n/t

[KT2000]

19. Think back to the time

politics was not the first thing on your mind. There are so many other things in life, and there are plenty of needs that can be taken care of. Most of what we read about is really out of our hands so try to occupy yourself with things you can do something about - creative, community, etc. just taking a break from it all.