How Did We Get Here?
Seriously though, how did we get here? Some days it feels like the world is unraveling one headline at a time… one weather event at a time… all the noise and chaos…
And yet, we keep going. Because we are here for a reason.
Posting memes, packing lunches, answering emails, waving hello to neighbors while quietly carrying the weight of everything that just isn’t right. And no one talks about it!
People are starving, people are homeless… not just in distant places but down the street. Injustice still sits in boardrooms and courtrooms. Clean water is not guaranteed. Clean air is not guaranteed. Healthcare is a luxury, and the cost of living keeps rising while wages stand still.
We tell parents to raise strong, kind children, but give them zero time to actually be with them. We preach self-care in a system that doesn’t allow rest. We ask for resilience while denying basic dignity.
It’s not weakness to feel overwhelmed by it all. It’s human. But letting ourselves feel it and still choosing to care, to speak, to dream of better. That’s the real power.
So if you’re tired of pretending it’s fine… SAME! Let’s talk about it. Let’s dream of something better. Let’s build something better. Because if this is what “normal” now looks like, then friends, it’s time to get really abnormal.
How did we get here?