The word for October 1 is “why.” Why am I doing this? I love to write but seemed to get bogged down
with other tasks. I’m hoping this 31-day exercise will get me jump-started
again.
Today is hot and dry and the lack of rain in our town is
getting to be pretty scary. In fact, climate change is pretty scary. When I try
to sort through the issues that matter most to me, I think that’s the one. I
will vote environment from now and forevermore.
I worry so about my grandchildren. What kind of world are we
leaving for them? I wish there were some way I could come back in 100 years and
see exactly what it’s like. Or maybe I don’t.
Mental health is defined by resilience, I think. So when I start
thinking these very scary things, I try to pull back and just look out my
window. The world is really so beautiful, and the peace of my backyard is so
restorative. So I pull myself up by my mental bootstraps and soldier on.
But I will still vote environment. And I will still worry.
No comments:
Post a Comment