“The world is looking increasingly chaotic and unpredictable, and it’s stressing some folks out. If that describes you, stop it! Things are NOT terrible, even if we do dream up all sorts of gloomy scenarios. Don’t fall for it. We could just as easily dream up all sorts of GREAT possibilities. It’s just that we don’t think or talk about hopeful possibilities much.
Try this thought experiment: If you went on a media diet for a month, would you notice anything particularly wrong with the world as you live your day-to-day life? Aside from high prices for everything, so far there’re no evident real-world problems. So things are
n’t REALLY terrible. They’re fine. Our grandparents survived real problems during World War II, and the world kept on spinning. We can also do it if we have to.
In fact, things could get a lot worse here and we’d STILL be fine, or maybe even better than fine. Tough times make strong citizens. It might be good for us to eat a ‘tough times hoagie’ every once in a while.”
Lawyer Jeff Childers, coffeeandcovid.com.
