Welcome to another installment of Linkpso, where I take a piece of content and use it as a springboard for creativity.
In an era where you have access to every word ever written, I’m so grateful you’ve chosen to read mine.
Hello Friends,
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the time my heart decided to do backflips and I spent the night in the hospital. The docs didn’t have a lot of answers for me then, and I’m not sure I will ever know what caused my irregular heartbeat, but I sense stress might have something to do with it.
My media diet does me no favors, and I know I’m spitting into the wind. Nick is surely tired of my “Did you hear about (insert some awful thing)?”
My uncle once told me, “You’re a crisis away from none of this mattering.” I know how true this is, but I remain indignant, because… Why? I guess I’d rather be right than happy? … I don’t think it’s working out for me.
This week, however, I felt a tiny whisper of change…
At 7 pm on Monday night, Senator Cory Booker started a speech and didn’t stop talking for more than 25 hours. He didn’t sit down, he didn’t eat, he didn’t use the bathroom.
He called this a “moral moment” and reminded us, “It’s not about left or right, but right and wrong.” Booker wove in history, policy, and yes, politics too. But more than that, the speech was hopeful.
I realized that hope had been missing from my heart, and I think I’ve gotten a little bit back now.
I’m a bleeding heart to my core, and I make no attempts to hide it. In my experience, it hurts more to keep my heart locked up rather than on my sleeve. Give me all the sappy, hope, and change you’ve got because, hope, like air, sustains me.
Let’s get in some “good trouble.”
This is where I am today. Thank you for listening.
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I’m catching up on your posts, and just had to say I am right there, too - my brain has been on overdrive with ALL the things that need help and my attention right NOW. And I was also inspired by Booker’s speech!