Today I’m with the words of Robert Hubbell on how we deal with our shock, anger, disappointment, and fear.

Robert Hubbell: Worst of all, the early effort to slice and dice the electorate into parcels of blame is the most harmful exercise Democrats can engage in at this moment. We can deconstruct the 2024 election at our leisure. Today, we face the imminent threat of a fascistic regime intent on deporting ten million immigrants, repealing Obamacare, outlawing contraception and abortion, appointing white nationalists to the cabinet, placing an anti-vaxxer in charge of the health of women and children, putting climate-change denialists in charge of environmental agencies, and packing the military and national security community with Putin-friendly isolationists.

I balance and breathe in words of Thich Nhat Hanh from “The Wounded Swan”:

Love and understanding can ease the suffering of all beings. The truth is the truth, whether or not it is accepted by the majority. Therefore, I tell you children, it takes great courage to stand up for and protect what is right.