My farewell to DU
Folks,
I am leaving DU. I appreciate the valuable distractions this place has provided me, but I have decided I am breaking up with all forms of social media as I enter the next decisions of my life.
These next few years are going to be brutal. And I encourage everybody to remain vigliant in the face of adversity -and let's face it: pure stupidity.
But alas the words by Aeschylus as remembered by RFK on the night we lost MLK persist:
"Even in our sleep -pain which does not forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart.
Until, through our despair, against our will, comes wisdom
By the awful grace of God."
I hope that you can use your strength and wisdom in these hard times to deliver -in whatever way you can, for yourselves and each other, the change this world needs.
With Love, In Strength And In Solidarity,
-Colin
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DU will be right here, if you change your mind.
Take care and be safe.
Mahalo for your Well Wishes and I wish the same for you..
Like has been said... Please keep your account.. maybe you might want to pop back in at some Future date.
Love Peace & Aloha
From a mental health perspective, I hope you likewise have trusted like-minded individuals offline to support you. For many of us, we don't really have that, and trusting new people who come into our lives to allow for frank discussion is as unwise and risky as it would have been in the 1930s in Germany. That comment no longer feels as hyperbolic as it once did. No longer is it "trust but verify," but rather totally "verify" and then consider "trusting..."
Take care of yourself.
