by Endless Summer
The Need to Refuel
First, let me say a big thank you to Nomad for allowing us to
continue this community here in this space he so graciously hosts. And thank
him for giving me the opportunity to communicate with the community through
this post.
The 2016 election has brought us a set of challenges unlike
most of us have seen in our lifetimes. Daily, we see Trump and the GOP rend the
fabric of our democratic society, and the pace and breadth of the assault
threatens to overwhelm us. Trumpression is real, and most of us have expressed
it here in our comments. So I asked Nomad if I might write a post with the
intention of uplifting the community, and he obliged.
Resistance, no matter the form it takes, requires fuel.
Whether it’s marching in protests, calling and writing lawmakers, attending
organizational meetings, it takes a lot out of you. It’s fatiguing, not to
mention infuriating, to have finished a round of phone calls to lawmakers, only
to check twitter and see another abomination unleashed on us. It’s been just
over 100 days and I’m exhausted. I know y’all are too, so let’s refuel.
I think of refueling, or some say self-care, as feeding the
soul; the things we can do each day that bring us joy and generally make the
world a better place.
