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#NoKings #Harleysville is a soft wrap. Hundreds of folks lined up along Main Street (PA Route 63) in Lower Salford Township, Pa. to #protest with signs and bells starting at 3:30. Video on Facebook indicates easily upwards of a thousand people. For reference the township has a population of about 15,000.

Enthusiastic support from local traffic in our red district with honking horns and friendly waves. Only a few scattered folks driving by with one thumb down or one finger up. The passing Cybertruck driver did not look proud.

Lots of friendly faces I’ve seen around and many I met for the first time. Inspired some real #hope in me today that’s been lacking recently.

I recently wrote an article mapping climate grief/anxiety on to the Kubler-Ross stages of grief.* It wasn't difficult. I wish it had been less easy. I also wish that when you read it, you come away with more hope than you had before you encountered it.

unsustainablemagazine.com/the-

#ClimatGrief #ClimateAnxiety #KublerRoss #Hope #Hopepunk #action #protest

*the exact number is contested these days but the majority of other articles on the topic cite seven, so that is what I went with

The Seven Stages of Climate Grief
unsustainable · The Seven Stages of Climate GriefActually confronting the reality of climate catastrophe can look a lot like the 7 stages of grief. Let's discuss the 7 stages of climate grief.
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I witnessed no incidents or violence. In addition to the many protesters there was not a minute that went by without some cars passing by honking joyfully in support!
I’m sure Jackson is a blue dot in a red state, but this support in this state gives me #Hope
#NoKings

#hope is a difficult thing to maintain when things seem bleak.

Especially when it gets worse, and uncertainty is thrown into the mix to produce a lot of #anxiety.

The #usa is going through an inevitable change, because no empire lasts forever at the very top.

Your best weapon to survive is yourself.

That's the one thing you can control to maintain hope, which is a finite resource.

You don't have to have a #job to #work and the best payment is meaning in life, and your #health.

"Americans disagree on much – but this week, we have found common ground" by Robert Reich:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/
"As we resist Donald Trump’s tyranny, America gains in solidarity. As we gain solidarity, we feel more courageous. As we feel courageous and stand up to the president, we weaken him and his regime."
#inspiration #hope #solidarity #politics copy: @renewedresistance

The Guardian · Americans disagree on much – but this week, we have found common groundBy Robert Reich
"When it's up to you
To figure out what's right and wrong
It's someone else's parade
And yours is an unhappy song
When it hurts so bad
And you feel that you can't go on
Each day goes by too fast
And the nights are so very long
You'll find out true
What mother said to you
That tears of God will show you the way
The way to turn. . ."

Tears of God (Los Lobos)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0kSl8lS424

#faith #hope #prayer#America #Los Angeles #peace