Kamala’s Fight Is Our Fight Now

Keep looking for the light in others and the future

I didn’t open my computer to look at the news much yesterday, inching back, and frankly do not know where to start to think about all this.

Our country is a mess. That is perfectly clear. We need to figure out how to come together, how to help those who will be targeted. And figure out how to voice outrage or concern in constructive ways. We need to look for the light in EVERYONE. It’s hard, but it’s the truth.

That said, I’ve tried, but I don’t see light in Donald Trump or JD Vance. I think they are motivated by bad stuff, some of the millions who voted for them may also be motivated by greed and malice, but I will push that thought aside because it’s not helpful. I can only look inside myself and try to make that better, and reach out to others.

This morning I was in a zoom meeting with some people, one of whom is the head of a large school in Washington, DC, populated by predominantly liberal families. He told us that yesterday a young middle school boy came to school wearing a Maga hat. The head of school said that he knows the boy and his family, and believes that the boy wore the hat less to make a political statement and more to get back at his dad because they had just had an argument of some sort. We don’t know what people are going through. Make no…