Your words rise, just when I need to read them, your message, your insight, your guidance, your wonderful frequency that has reached me. It’s like a ring on the telephone.
I’m off-balance figuratively and literally. Tuned into the news too much tuned out if the natural world hid from the sun as if I was punishing myself that I felt like I didn’t deserve it. I’m weary and I’m wilted. I’m a sad flower. Some things lift me like elephants and songs about one headlight.
Our world is changing so fast it’s making me dizzy, making me off-balance ,off kilter, tilted, warped, and worried.
People are changing so fast I don’t recognize people anymore. The people I once knew have changed dramatically not towards me, but generally maybe they’re having the same overload of bad news. I want to be informed but then I’m over informed or misinformed and over misinformed and then I want to run and hide and not know anything but then I don’t wanna live under a rock because there are a lot of worms there and I don’t wanna be among the worms I want to know what’s going on but you’re right there needs to be a balance.
One way to distract the ANTs in my head was to try to listen to what the ravens were saying in your mother’s video in Kyoto. I got the feeling the ravens really enjoyed hearing her talking and understanding what she was saying. Ever since the video, I have felt lifted.
Your message here is so very important. I would like to read it to my friend who is in the hospital. He will be going to hospice. My heart breaks and I try not to show how scared I am. Reading your words is helping me tremendously, and I want to share your message
Sorry you're sick, Jesse--me too. I'll be better just as soon as I am able. I'm on my own version of The Never-Ending Tour & gotta keep going. I hope you feel better!
That's my humble part in The Revolution. Sorry but I refuse to be miserable on account of whose in the government. It's like James Brown said, "You can have your Watergate, just give me some bucks and I'll be straight." I'm saving up to buy my beloved friend a place to live & get her out of the bad places.
Thanks for this, Jesse. Seems like a lot of us just feeling numb. I talk to the elderly people at the store where I work. I can tell a lot of them are lonely. They like my jokes. I say, "Have a nice day, thanks for shopping with us, and, "Take my wife--PLEASE!!" Two glad hearts sharing a laugh.
Very positive words and a good reminder that we always have the power to do something in the present moment to better our situation and that, sometimes, allowing ourselves the space to rest and refresh ourselves is just as important as any other action we may wish/hope/plan to take.
At times like this, I remind myself that it is not for me to know the future even though I may see the road that lies immediately ahead of us. As it disappears in the distance, I cannot see what turns or bends may lie just beyond the limits of my vision. I can only do my best at times like this to first make sure I fulfill my responsibilities to myself and my family, then I can begin to look outward and give what help I can. Sometimes, when I cannot offer any material assistence, I can do my best to remain a calm, kind and compassionate presence in the world. That would be enough for us to change our course if everyone could just do the same, but since that's not the case it's enough if just to help cut through the fears and anxieties of those who can't.
Thank you for your positive spirit as always, Jesse!
Thank you Jesse for always keeping it real. I hope you are feeling well and supporting your immune system with whatever it calls for. I'm into 2 weeks of elderberry syrup and various herbal teas. Then I lay off the elderberry syrup and basically drink teas and citrus water. This thank you is way overdue but I want you to know how touched I am with the package you sent to us subscribers. I hated to part with one of your cards this week but your Sending Good Wishes card was the perfect sentiment for a friend's birthday. Love your photo holding a small bouquet of ferns and the perfect ribbon you chose to contain the goodies you sent. I'm truly thankful for your kindness and creativity. Very inspiring. Has to be in the DNA right. Wishing you all the very best in the up coming months and the year ahead. Take the very best of care.
Thank you so much for this post Jesse. Sending lots of love to everyone else too!
I needed a break and have had a 5 day trip away for a proper break just for myself to do just lovely things like walks in the park, going to book shops, second hand book markets, watching films, seeing art. It does not help to solve the problems of the world but I very much agree we need to recharge our batteries regularly and check in how low the levels are regularly.
I have also built in a smaller more regular active break time in the last 4 weeks - I joined a choir :-) I've always loved singing and used to be in a choir at a few points in my life, university, school etc, but have not been in one for a really long time. So very excited about it and really enjoying it. The rehearsals are in a church and the sound is so beautiful there. Great for recharging emotinally, mentally, physically, spiritually and just be with the sound and other people who like music too!
Thank you so much for this Jessie. I too have been wondering how to survive the next 4 years and have been hurting so much for the people in the cross hairs, not knowing what to do or how to help. This post is immensely helpful. Both you and your Mom are really helping us to get through this and resist.
I have joined women's movements in the Netherlands because here our rights are also threatened by a right-wing government. We are alert when we see how quickly women's rights are violated in America. The Dolle Mina's are back, women who fought for our rights in the last century and are now going to do it again and I join them.
Thank you so much for this injection of hope and perseverance in these surrealistic times. More and more I’m struggling with feelings of alienation, not knowing how to cope with so much ugliness. Your reminder to gather up with like minded individuals and to take care of yourself as an antidote, is really helpful.
Take care Jesse and thank you for your sincere words. I commented the other day on your weekend cleaning project and finding an unexpected weekend. I’m a retired ENT nurse and thought I’d make a suggestion for the best remedy for sinus infection. The Netti pot with warm saline several times daily is better than any antibiotic. You can purchase at any drug store and then get a gallon of distilled water. Don’t use tap water, it burns. Get better darlin
Thank you so so much Anne!! The cleaner I always use for regular maintenance is the Sinugator. I’ve been using it once a day but I’ll kick it up to 2-3 times. Thank you again!
I have hovered over whether to post this and it is a bit of a long response but I hope that it may help anyone who is struggling to stay positive (as I was). Please let me know if it’s inappropriate and I will remove it.
Yesterday I was having this very conversation with a friend. We both admitted that we had experienced some very dark moments of despair at the state of our world.
For him, a photographer and musician his livelihood was cut short because trading with Europe has become so expensive (selling single photographic prints doesn’t work unless you are a top name selling hundreds).
He stopped playing and composing music and to some extent isolated himself until a kind friend coaxed him back. Like me, he was struggling to make sense of the world and living and breathing the news and world politics.
Had it not been for the person that reached out to him to gently pull him back into session work I don’t know what would have happened- but for now having work and the company of good people has lifted him.
The point here is can we be that kind person? Can we be the ones to check in with someone or indeed, are we able to (as Jesse says) check our own health and wellbeing and find a way through. I had no idea what my friend was going through.
I spent months consuming political news and writing to our politicians - it felt as if I was screaming into the void. My mental and physical health suffered it caused ruptures in my relationships and I still mourn what we are becoming. BUT… I have somehow found a way to navigate this and to some extent live in parallel. If we are to take action we cannot do so effectively when we ourselves are broken and out of balance.
My friend and I both said that we had to take a step back from consuming news all the time and we had both considered our use of social media and the impact on our wellness. I do use my instagram as a means of keeping momentum amongst my peers about things that matter in the hope that it will inspire healthy discussion and action.
I was at the point of disabling the account because of how I was feeling and then someone said to me that they felt my posts mattered because they came from someone who was not from the region (in question) and somehow the solidarity and call for action carried weight for them.
So, I think Jesse is right. We have to fight for what is right and remember to always come from a place of love.
We have to be on the right side and make wise choices.
The importance of checking our own wellbeing cannot be overlooked - Will we remember to take care of ourselves the way we do others?
I hope this post helps anyone who is feeling the weight of our world, we are not alone and it really is ok to ask for help too.
With much love to this beautiful and supportive community.
Yes to all of this. We need to allow positivity into our lives everyday. Don’t play into fear or despair. If you need to go there, stay aware and use its energy to create, to plant more flowers, or to have more compassion for others. We are all bright lights. Remember love. Remember we live on this planet with non-humans. Sing to the crows or nourish a garden. Community. Organize. Read. Study history-daily! ♥️🐦⬛ thanks again Jesse for your post.
Thank you for this PSA, Jess.
Your words rise, just when I need to read them, your message, your insight, your guidance, your wonderful frequency that has reached me. It’s like a ring on the telephone.
I’m off-balance figuratively and literally. Tuned into the news too much tuned out if the natural world hid from the sun as if I was punishing myself that I felt like I didn’t deserve it. I’m weary and I’m wilted. I’m a sad flower. Some things lift me like elephants and songs about one headlight.
Our world is changing so fast it’s making me dizzy, making me off-balance ,off kilter, tilted, warped, and worried.
People are changing so fast I don’t recognize people anymore. The people I once knew have changed dramatically not towards me, but generally maybe they’re having the same overload of bad news. I want to be informed but then I’m over informed or misinformed and over misinformed and then I want to run and hide and not know anything but then I don’t wanna live under a rock because there are a lot of worms there and I don’t wanna be among the worms I want to know what’s going on but you’re right there needs to be a balance.
One way to distract the ANTs in my head was to try to listen to what the ravens were saying in your mother’s video in Kyoto. I got the feeling the ravens really enjoyed hearing her talking and understanding what she was saying. Ever since the video, I have felt lifted.
Your message here is so very important. I would like to read it to my friend who is in the hospital. He will be going to hospice. My heart breaks and I try not to show how scared I am. Reading your words is helping me tremendously, and I want to share your message
Pardon my typos and bad grammar. I’m using talk to text as it is too difficult to type.
Thank you for your good work, Jesse
Your healing frequency reaches far and wide
Trees and butterflies
🌲 🌳 🦋 🦋
🌷 🍊
🌹 ❤️
Sorry you're sick, Jesse--me too. I'll be better just as soon as I am able. I'm on my own version of The Never-Ending Tour & gotta keep going. I hope you feel better!
This post is from February :)
That's my humble part in The Revolution. Sorry but I refuse to be miserable on account of whose in the government. It's like James Brown said, "You can have your Watergate, just give me some bucks and I'll be straight." I'm saving up to buy my beloved friend a place to live & get her out of the bad places.
Thanks for this, Jesse. Seems like a lot of us just feeling numb. I talk to the elderly people at the store where I work. I can tell a lot of them are lonely. They like my jokes. I say, "Have a nice day, thanks for shopping with us, and, "Take my wife--PLEASE!!" Two glad hearts sharing a laugh.
Very positive words and a good reminder that we always have the power to do something in the present moment to better our situation and that, sometimes, allowing ourselves the space to rest and refresh ourselves is just as important as any other action we may wish/hope/plan to take.
At times like this, I remind myself that it is not for me to know the future even though I may see the road that lies immediately ahead of us. As it disappears in the distance, I cannot see what turns or bends may lie just beyond the limits of my vision. I can only do my best at times like this to first make sure I fulfill my responsibilities to myself and my family, then I can begin to look outward and give what help I can. Sometimes, when I cannot offer any material assistence, I can do my best to remain a calm, kind and compassionate presence in the world. That would be enough for us to change our course if everyone could just do the same, but since that's not the case it's enough if just to help cut through the fears and anxieties of those who can't.
Thank you for your positive spirit as always, Jesse!
Thank you Jesse for always keeping it real. I hope you are feeling well and supporting your immune system with whatever it calls for. I'm into 2 weeks of elderberry syrup and various herbal teas. Then I lay off the elderberry syrup and basically drink teas and citrus water. This thank you is way overdue but I want you to know how touched I am with the package you sent to us subscribers. I hated to part with one of your cards this week but your Sending Good Wishes card was the perfect sentiment for a friend's birthday. Love your photo holding a small bouquet of ferns and the perfect ribbon you chose to contain the goodies you sent. I'm truly thankful for your kindness and creativity. Very inspiring. Has to be in the DNA right. Wishing you all the very best in the up coming months and the year ahead. Take the very best of care.
Thank you so much for this post Jesse. Sending lots of love to everyone else too!
I needed a break and have had a 5 day trip away for a proper break just for myself to do just lovely things like walks in the park, going to book shops, second hand book markets, watching films, seeing art. It does not help to solve the problems of the world but I very much agree we need to recharge our batteries regularly and check in how low the levels are regularly.
I have also built in a smaller more regular active break time in the last 4 weeks - I joined a choir :-) I've always loved singing and used to be in a choir at a few points in my life, university, school etc, but have not been in one for a really long time. So very excited about it and really enjoying it. The rehearsals are in a church and the sound is so beautiful there. Great for recharging emotinally, mentally, physically, spiritually and just be with the sound and other people who like music too!
Thank you Jesse. You have made me more aware of the things that I should be looking at, and believing in.
Thank you so much for this Jessie. I too have been wondering how to survive the next 4 years and have been hurting so much for the people in the cross hairs, not knowing what to do or how to help. This post is immensely helpful. Both you and your Mom are really helping us to get through this and resist.
I have joined women's movements in the Netherlands because here our rights are also threatened by a right-wing government. We are alert when we see how quickly women's rights are violated in America. The Dolle Mina's are back, women who fought for our rights in the last century and are now going to do it again and I join them.
Thank you so much for this injection of hope and perseverance in these surrealistic times. More and more I’m struggling with feelings of alienation, not knowing how to cope with so much ugliness. Your reminder to gather up with like minded individuals and to take care of yourself as an antidote, is really helpful.
All the best from Amsterdam, take care 🍀
True to the bone xxx
Take care Jesse and thank you for your sincere words. I commented the other day on your weekend cleaning project and finding an unexpected weekend. I’m a retired ENT nurse and thought I’d make a suggestion for the best remedy for sinus infection. The Netti pot with warm saline several times daily is better than any antibiotic. You can purchase at any drug store and then get a gallon of distilled water. Don’t use tap water, it burns. Get better darlin
Anne
Thank you so so much Anne!! The cleaner I always use for regular maintenance is the Sinugator. I’ve been using it once a day but I’ll kick it up to 2-3 times. Thank you again!
I have hovered over whether to post this and it is a bit of a long response but I hope that it may help anyone who is struggling to stay positive (as I was). Please let me know if it’s inappropriate and I will remove it.
Yesterday I was having this very conversation with a friend. We both admitted that we had experienced some very dark moments of despair at the state of our world.
For him, a photographer and musician his livelihood was cut short because trading with Europe has become so expensive (selling single photographic prints doesn’t work unless you are a top name selling hundreds).
He stopped playing and composing music and to some extent isolated himself until a kind friend coaxed him back. Like me, he was struggling to make sense of the world and living and breathing the news and world politics.
Had it not been for the person that reached out to him to gently pull him back into session work I don’t know what would have happened- but for now having work and the company of good people has lifted him.
The point here is can we be that kind person? Can we be the ones to check in with someone or indeed, are we able to (as Jesse says) check our own health and wellbeing and find a way through. I had no idea what my friend was going through.
I spent months consuming political news and writing to our politicians - it felt as if I was screaming into the void. My mental and physical health suffered it caused ruptures in my relationships and I still mourn what we are becoming. BUT… I have somehow found a way to navigate this and to some extent live in parallel. If we are to take action we cannot do so effectively when we ourselves are broken and out of balance.
My friend and I both said that we had to take a step back from consuming news all the time and we had both considered our use of social media and the impact on our wellness. I do use my instagram as a means of keeping momentum amongst my peers about things that matter in the hope that it will inspire healthy discussion and action.
I was at the point of disabling the account because of how I was feeling and then someone said to me that they felt my posts mattered because they came from someone who was not from the region (in question) and somehow the solidarity and call for action carried weight for them.
So, I think Jesse is right. We have to fight for what is right and remember to always come from a place of love.
We have to be on the right side and make wise choices.
The importance of checking our own wellbeing cannot be overlooked - Will we remember to take care of ourselves the way we do others?
I hope this post helps anyone who is feeling the weight of our world, we are not alone and it really is ok to ask for help too.
With much love to this beautiful and supportive community.
I will save this to read and reread. Thank you Jesse , well said❤️
Yes to all of this. We need to allow positivity into our lives everyday. Don’t play into fear or despair. If you need to go there, stay aware and use its energy to create, to plant more flowers, or to have more compassion for others. We are all bright lights. Remember love. Remember we live on this planet with non-humans. Sing to the crows or nourish a garden. Community. Organize. Read. Study history-daily! ♥️🐦⬛ thanks again Jesse for your post.