July 25, 2024 – B

Paul Watzlawick wrote a book entitled
"The Situation Is Hopeless, But Not Serious."

It is a title for our times.

Rumi said, "If you are not here with us in good faith,
you are doing terrible damage."

Good faith cannot be compelled
to come to the table.

Trump and everyone in Trump's sphere
ooze with bad faith.
No one can do anything about that.
Electing Kamala Harris is our only hope.

We can't get Trump, etc., to care about
what they do not care about
and to not care about what they do care about.
And if Trump is elected,
it will be a hopeless situation
that we cannot take seriously.

We will have to act as though it matters
what we do--
anyway, nevertheless, even so--
and continue to work for equality,
justice, freedom and truth
no matter what our chances are.

We will have to do what we care about,
while not-caring how unlikely our actions
will have any impact.

Just so you know,
the Chinese terms for this are:
Guanhuai (Caring) Buzaiho (Not caring).

We have to vote as those who care
because not caring is not an option.