Taking and giving care

In these days, please be aware of those who carry empathic overload in their fear for how they or others will be affected by the US election results. Can we learn how to truly take and give care - for ourselves, for one another, for others in our midst? We have one planet and one life on it. How shall we live with our differences? How can we share our commonalities? Can we face the unknown and unknowable, now or at any time? Can we walk new paths with new vision, or sometimes with no vision? Must we do this alone, or are there others who can accompany us for long or shorter periods of discernment and decision?

Don't be afraid to reach out for therapy or other forms of companioning with a professional or a trusted friend if you feel you are entering an unwelcome time in life, personally or collectively. Each of us enters the unknown in every new day, but perhaps it is more apparent now if you are struggling to understand and live with the upheaval of unwanted change. Change what you can, even if only starting with yourself.