Joy That Shapes Us
We aren’t helpless.
Waking up to the news this morning was startling and reinforced my feelings of helplessness around who we are becoming as a country.
But the thing is, we aren't helpless. We shape what's around us, and that matters.
So, I watched the sunrise color the sky for the briefest of moments. I smiled at my friend who drove across two counties to accompany a middle school Tuba player in a regional competition—on a Saturday. I got up early with the the family that headed to the woods teaching the craft of a crosscut sawyer, to keep the trails clear for needed hikes to refresh our being. I know others will spend today building new trails for other to discover. I watched my housemate pull a weekend shift at the medical clinic because people still get sick after normal office hours. And I will craft stories today for children, so they will have an ethos of love to build on.
We all are putting goodness into the world.
