Every little bit

[dakinishir]

Hello friends, I've not been posting (or even commenting much) lately. Consumed with my daughter's Bat Mitzvah - it was GREAT! - parent producing my other daughter's school play, and politics.

The last thing galvanized me enough to post. NOT about politics (well, not about the US election), but because of a comment to a post over at ontd_political. The post

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[fairytaleaddict]

I'm glad the Bat Mitzvah went so great, congratulations!

I love the hunger site! And the fact that they have the daily email reminder to help my broken memory. When the month allows, Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders get some extra money too.

We may not be able to relieve all the suffering in the world, but we can choose not to avert our eyes, to do what we can, and to support each other.

♥

I think that I've grown a lot more cynical then I'm comfortable with. I used to want to save the world too and every time I turned on the TV or picked up a paper I would get this cramp in my stomach. As much as I try to ignore it, I still do, I think I just sometimes wish I didn't. But guess the helplessness and the magnitude just overwhelms me sometimes. Thank you for this though. :)

[dakinishir]

Thank you =)

the helplessness and the magnitude just overwhelms me sometimes

yes, me too. I'm so grateful for the tools I've learned to deal with this. It used to be I HAD to avert my eyes, just so I could keep functioning. These days I'm far more able to engage. Tonglen helps a lot. As do sweet connections across the intrawebz with people like you.

*hugs*

[fairytaleaddict]

Aww, *hugs!* You too my dear.

Yeah, I can imagine that Tonglen helps a lot (I've been looking into it a bit now.) I have been neglecting my meditation where I so often have had help refueling. I think I'm getting there tough, I've needed a lot of time just to build myself up enough to fight for myself but now I've got much more strength to engage in bigger battles.

[dakinishir]

Yay for tonglen! and taking the time to gird our inner loins so we can engage in compassionate action out in the world.

I'm so glad you have been able to build yourself up.

Take good care~