Fear and Fury is Easy. But Choose What You Want More Of.

A response to the US Election result

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I don’t do politics. I had another post lined up for this week. And then the US Election result came in. Emotions are running high.

I don’t do politics in Writing A Better World because it’s divisive, and though I imagine I have a left-leaning readership, it would be foolish to assume everyone in the US who appreciates my work would have voted for Kamala Harris. In fact, I know my beloved Uncle in Florida is a supportive subscriber, and he is a registered Republican. No question that with over half of US voters voting for Donald Trump, some of them will be my readers.

I don’t do politics publicly anymore because I am passionate about things like women’s rights, and it’s easy for me, as for anyone, to get swept up into fury and condemnation. Fury and condemnation would be the wrong flavour for what I’m trying to do both in these essays and in my spiritual practice.

I don’t do politics here. But I do talk about the value of processing difficult emotions. And this week, many…