Marianne Williamson Instagram – As tough as things are at the moment – as dark the clouds looming over the near and not so near horizon – I have unwavering conviction that in the end things will be okay.
I keep thinking of the saying, “Every problem comes bearing its own solution.” The most difficult situation is often the one that forces us to grow. We become the people who, if only we’d been that person before, the challenge might never have arisen! I’m impressed by so many whose bravery and intelligence at this moment are lighting up the Internet. Many who had never given politics a thought are now channeling the full on spirit of Thomas Paine.
Yes, liars and trolls are saturating the airwaves, but they are not unresponded to. People are not allowing idiocy to go unanswered. There are people waking up each day with the clear intent of throwing a wrench in the gears of the Musk machine. Today’s mantra for a well-lived life is, “If I can mess them up the least little bit, my efforts will have been worthwhile.”
I’ve worked with people throughout my career who had just received the worst news possible. And I’ve seen what happens. In the space of five minutes, layers of ultimately meaningless preoccupation dissolve and someone’s inner adult, long suppressed, is shocked into existence. When the critical stakes in a situation become clear, “How can I avoid taking adult responsibility?” becomes “How can I totally and completely take care of this problem?” in the space of a minute.
This generation of American adults – by that I mean all generations of American adults – never had our coming-of-age crisis. Well, we’re having it now.
I laugh at an imaginary scene in my head. I’m wearing a babushka and long apron, passing cookies around to internet revolutionaries as I exhort them onwards saying “Are you all right, darling?” I’m this nutty lady scrolling through Tik Tok, seeing a young woman lay down some radical truth-telling about how fascism is creeping into the sinews of our society, and I jump up yelling, “YES! YOU GO, GIRL!” I’ve appointed myself her patron saint.
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