Inspirations and Illuminations

I love it when inspiration strikes first thing in the morning.  A little disclaimer for this post:  I've been reading what I discovered is a pirated edition of The Anti-Planner  by Dani Donovan, and one of the tips for getting things done is to set a timer, and just work until the timer goes off.  Let go of perfectionism, and what is done at the end of the allotted time is just done.  So, I have to leave for work in 40 minutes, so 40 minutes is all I get.  If the ending is abrupt, or if certain sentences don't seem to go anywhere, it's because I ran out of my usual editing time.  I really just want to get my thoughts down on "paper" before I forget. Starting over.  I love it when inspiration strikes first thing in the morning.  I was playing a game on my tablet while drinking my morning coffee, and thinking about my Joy Journal.  I started this on November 2, writing down at least one thing each day that brings me joy.  What brought...

Today has been hard.  I woke up this morning, and was immediately confronted by extremely disappointing news.  I thought of my daughters, one of whom was three days too young to vote.  I thought of all women, the battles won and lost, the rights obtained and those withheld.  I thought of the marginalized, the poor, the refugee, the minority--those Jesus commanded us to love and care for.  I thought of my friends in the LGBTQ community, and the children of my friends, who are either part of that community or allies to them.  I thought of the earth, the environment we as humans are making ever more inhospitable for ourselves.  And I thought of higher education, such an important institution that is becoming less accessible thanks to policy and funding cuts.  It seems that everything I care about is being gutted in the name of power and privilege. So, what now?  What do we do in the face of such bitter disappointment?  We do have options....