Just a reminder: Especially if you are an activist, empath, person of faith, etc... I spend a lot of time saying these things to other people, but sometimes, especially during times of stress, I forget to say them to myself. I’m sharing this in case this is helpful to anyone else right now.
You matter. What you are doing is important. You deserve a good life. You deserve meaningful work, enough leisure, safety nets for health and old age and childcare. (Life, liberty, etc.) And the activism and service you perform, this is something our society should require from everyone. It requires a lot of strength to carry that without an official structure. Remember that.
Remember that human civilization is based on a few people getting as much free labour as possible via violence, creating demand for things that require labor, and then also profiting from selling those things back to the worker.
Any insecurity or fault that you have is going to be attacked so that you can be sold a way to feel better, and then be willing to work for less than your worth to create things to feel better to sell to other people. You are going to be taught to be afraid of death or threats of violence. Your reptilian brain is going to be trained to panic like you are about to die because you misplaced your keys, or lost your bus pass.
If you feel depressed, or angry, or overwhelmed because your day to day life is just a huge struggle, even in a country where our lifestyles are so easy that our public health issues are from overconsumption and lack of work, and our garbage is a bigger industry than anything we produce, remember why.
If you feel like you have a lot to offer but you are penalized for speaking your truth and made to feel bad about who you are when you are being honest, do not take that on yourself. Choosing not to speak is a decision you can make. But if there is a punishment for speaking the truth about something that falls outside of your actions or influence, then the problem is not you.
That is the other thing to remember- if you are an emotionally honest person you are going to suffer right now. And if you have enough awareness that you know your own faults, you are going to find there are big piles of blame and pity being shovelled at you by the people who are too afraid to face their own truths. Many people really think that by denying the truth they can change it. It is a really dangerous fantasy and you must avoid this group mind. (Never try to resist group mind. It only gets stronger.)
We can't go back, and the only navigation system for the future is honesty. Factual honesty and emotional honesty.
(People are terrified of the changes and the complete break with the past. It's the science fiction future and it hasn't even been 100 years since the Old West... and the Old West wasn't really old when compared to China, Iraq, Turkey, etc. And the US, like all empires when they fall, are consumers. We produce almost nothing but war and DoD, and police to make sure the only extortionists on the trade routes and in the towns is our own.)
The truth has power.
Even when you cannot speak it, let it resonate within. Stay strong,
peeps.
