Creating the kind of world that we want to see

Let's do something right now.

I’m not going to sugarcoat it. This week has been brutal. The news broke me. I’ve reached a point where I can’t stop crying and can barely get out of bed in the morning.

But every time something like this happens, the Universe sends me a signal to keep going.

This time, it came from one of my favorite people in this world. Heather Cox Richardson.
She’s been going live on YouTube, and on Thursday, she concluded her live stream by saying something that really resonated with me, and I hope it resonates with you as well.

“All of us have skills that we bring to society to make it better.

And that doesn't mean you have to be like everybody else and knock on doors or give money to candidates or do the things that are overtly political.

If you do what you love and you do it well and you put your heart into it, whatever that may be, you are working to create a society that supports the kind of progress that we are striving for.

And just because it's not the sort of thing you see on a checklist, that doesn't mean it's not important.

So, whatever your skill is, maybe you fix computers, maybe you arrange flowers, maybe you bake, maybe you are really good at reading to children, maybe you paint.

[…there’s] any number of these things you can do that contribute to making our society and our community better.

And that counts even if it's not knocking on doors for a political candidate. It's creating community. It's supporting each other. It's creating the kind of world that we want to see.

So don't lose hope and don't feel like you're not doing enough because of who you are. “

- Heather Cox Richardson

If you'd like a suggestion on something you can do right now, I encourage you to consider donating to World Central Kitchen. Chef José Andrés and his team are doing their best to feed people in Gaza.

Photo credit to World Central Kitchen/WCK.org