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22. My go to inspiration...often

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 12:35 AM

Sep 2014

“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
― Howard Zinn

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Anybody Else Just Tired Of It All ??? [View all] WillyT Sep 2014 OP

I think it is outrage, disgust and heartbreak fatigue Skittles Sep 2014 #1

:hug: WillyT Sep 2014 #2

Skilsz, Skittles. I remember my first reply to you back in the Bush days. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #7

Skittles... Is Da Bomb... Just So Ya Know... WillyT Sep 2014 #14

Reminded of a moment. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #17

Hey NYC... WillyT Sep 2014 #18

Thank you, friend! NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #19

Yes, I've been sinking into silly computer games lately Warpy Sep 2014 #47

Many day, Kelvin Mace Sep 2014 #3

Yes. I'm in it for the long haul lovemydog Sep 2014 #4

I am indeed. And after watching the PBS Roosevelts NRaleighLiberal Sep 2014 #5

Waiting for rain out here on the Oregon coast, JEB Sep 2014 #6

Hey where on the Oregon Coast? I was raised in Portland and have visited the Oregon rhett o rick Sep 2014 #24

Lincoln City for the past 35 years. JEB Sep 2014 #27

Very cool. My wife was born in Coos Bay. We both love the Oregon Coast but don't let it rhett o rick Sep 2014 #29

Lincoln City is a nice place Scootaloo Sep 2014 #35

LC is kind of a mess of tourist shops etc. JEB Sep 2014 #40

I too had envisioned a much better America after misterhighwasted Sep 2014 #8

It is getting to be a bit much Lifelong Protester Sep 2014 #9

Step away madville Sep 2014 #10

Well, we have a Democratic Party that does NOT support its Party Plank. Oh, sure, it pays LIP SERVIC blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #11

I've actually accepted the sadness of what's most likely to happen to this part of the human.. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #12

I'm tired of war. Rex Sep 2014 #13

Me Too... But It's More Than That... It's Trying To Figure Out If We Can Have A Peaceful Planet... WillyT Sep 2014 #15

my go to inspiration grasswire Sep 2014 #16

My go to inspiration...often hibbing Sep 2014 #22

I adore marge piercy gwheezie Sep 2014 #31

Yes - Willy - Very Tired cantbeserious Sep 2014 #20

I'm a buoyant person. panader0 Sep 2014 #21

Sick of it all? OriginalGeek Sep 2014 #23

no Jeff Rosenzweig Sep 2014 #25

I am absolutely disgusted that people cut foods stamps then chose war. SICK> grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #26

Well, at least you're talking about the future as if there'll be one. mountain grammy Sep 2014 #28

Zero/Dumb game kairos12 Sep 2014 #30

I am. Don't even like turning on the machine ballyhoo Sep 2014 #32

I'm feeling revved up gwheezie Sep 2014 #33

Yes, Dear WillyT ReRe Sep 2014 #34

LOL - "I'm not sure I can play "fair" anymore... " < That's what you get when you play THEIR game. jtuck004 Sep 2014 #36

Take a break! oldandhappy Sep 2014 #37

Yes JonLP24 Sep 2014 #38

Yes Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #39

What consoles me Cartoonist Sep 2014 #41

Yes, WillyT defacto7 Sep 2014 #42

Since 1968 at the age of 16. gordianot Sep 2014 #43

This stuff used to affect me as it does you fadedrose Sep 2014 #44

Its become like a tv show that you dont enjoy anymore. jambo101 Sep 2014 #45

The key is living in the present. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #46

yes I'll have a big piece of I'm sick of that MFM008 Sep 2014 #48

No way. I can't wait until presidential election season starts. Dawgs Sep 2014 #49

Tired is an understatement malaise Sep 2014 #50

I just don't care anymore. The country is crumbling. Katashi_itto Sep 2014 #51

Oh yeah. Le Taz Hot Sep 2014 #52

Ah, a good ol' DU boo hoo pessimist everything is going to shit depression thread snooper2 Sep 2014 #53

Without a doubt damnedifIknow Sep 2014 #54

There are times Willy I see only a continuation of the same old BS Autumn Sep 2014 #55

No, not really. H2O Man Sep 2014 #56