So so many mass shootings lately, and constantly (each person dead sending out a ripple of grief to their beloveds, mycelium, we all are, in this broken world…)…and just now the heartbreaking killings of Rob & Michele Reiner, which hit me in the gut. I grew up watching All In The Family, and of course there were so many other beloved projects he made… On social media, as often happens after yet another moment of irrevocable (people gone) violence, tragedy, I saw people asking ‘what is wrong with people?’ A cry of agony, we all feel it…this morning what came to me, by way of working toward an answer:
We are traumatized & trauma-tired, and capitalism and materialism and white male patriarchy do not value, or leave (or make) room for mending ourselves & our relationships. And I don’t know what to do about it, except to work on my little corner of the world (& myself). These violent deaths are so fucking sad and senseless. There are plenty of things we can do in the public/political realms, so let’s find our things, but sometimes it’s all I can do to take care of myself & my people, and just breathe every moment and try not to lose faith in humanity. That’s it. A hard thing. But it’s one thing I (maybe we) can do.
Thank you for reading this post. May we each find something we can do.
Rebecca Kuder 