If you find all the bad news overwhelming, here is a larger perspective to help you relieve your anxiety.
"The Scream” after Edvard Munch, 1984 (silkscreen on canvas), Andy Warhol.
I find this essay by Buddhist teacher Judy Lief very comforting. Change what you can actually change. Feel compassion and empathy for those who are hurt and wounded. Accept the rest for what it is: human-made suffering.
"The Buddhist notion of samsara implies that all times are troubled. Not only that, but the troubles we complain about are the very troubles we ourselves create and perpetuate. So to the extent that our world is dominated by hatred, greed, and ignorance, known in Buddhism as the three poisons, it is because we have collectively made it so.
"The idea of samsara could be taken as an extremely pessimistic view of things. But it could also be a quite liberating message.
"It is liberating to drop the fantasy of there being a more perfect world, somehow, somewhere, and instead accept that we need to engage with the world as it is. It is our world, it is messy, but it is fertile ground for awakening. It is the same world, after all, that gave birth to the Buddha."
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