quick post

[asakiyume]

I missed my window of opportunity on the weekend to post, so have an early Monday morning post instead. Jiji is sitting on my chair--he wishes to encourage me in the standing-desk habit:



Thinking about the news, the children underfed and shivering on cement floors. We want to be able to buy a plane ticket, go to one of those places, wave aside the guards, open the doors, take the kids out, give them a good meal and a gentle hug, and find their relatives and reunite them. None of which we can do. We know the list of things we can do and it seems paltry and measly compared with the enormity of the badness. I tell myself, this is what it means to be infantry, though. This is what it means to be not a hero but part of the tidal wave that shatters the wall. We just have to keep on going. (And if people have novel ideas, share them around)

One of my kids in Japan took some pictures of lotuses. So beautiful.





... We don't know how things are going to end or how people will understand the story in years and centuries to come. But we can take care of each other, and others, and tend the garden, metaphorically and literally.

Comments

[queenoftheskies]

Hi, Jiji!

Jasper was doing the same thing in my chair this morning. :)

The lotuses are BEAUTIFUL!

[asakiyume]

I love the lotuses <3

And cats! They clearly have our best interests in mind ;-)

[cmcmck]

'Fraid the way the world is wagging finally got to me so thanks to your offspring for some pretty pics.

[asakiyume]

You're welcome ♥

The steady rain of awfulness wears us down, so we have to take nourishment where we can--like from pictures of lotuses.

Paltry measliness

[amaebi]

But communicating with legislators is an attempt to overturn this whole cruel system of deliberately brutalizing immigrants and refugees. Because it's not a resource issue at all, but a tacit demonization and totalitarian issue.

It's a very non-measly goal-- it's just that individual leverage is small against its institutional might.

Re: Paltry measliness

[asakiyume]

Yes--and it's natural to want to see results from one's efforts, but we can't always, but we have to keep trying anyway.

[missroserose]

A bilingual friend of mine in DC has signed up to be a pro bono child advocate. The other day, after months of bureaucracy/training, she got to meet her first client. I'm a little in awe of her.

[asakiyume]

That's wonderful--that's a great thing to do.

[http://lotuslandfineart.com/velvetrope/]

What a helpful kitty. :-)

I hear you on feeling hopeless and like the idea of us being part of the tidal wave. May we continue to find the hope within us to keep the momentum building.

[asakiyume]

*amen*

[sonia]

I also have a black kitty who sometimes occupies my desk chair. I pick him up and plop him onto my lap instead!

rushthatspeaks posted some ideas (originally from Tumblr user babybear) about what we can do in addition to calling representatives: https://rushthatspeaks.dreamwidth.org/1072442.html

[asakiyume]

Rush's ideas are excellent ♥

(If I pick up Jiji, he just goes off to sit elsewhere!)

[kore]

This is beautiful and gives me hope -- thank you.

[asakiyume]

And your message, in turn, makes me feel like I'm doing at least *something*--so thank *you*.

[mallorys_camera]

Those lotus leaves! (Delighted shiver.)

[asakiyume]

I would love to see lotuses blooming in real life--until that day comes, I love photos of them!

[minoanmiss]

I'm so glad I know you.

[asakiyume]

The feeling is very mutual.

[gale_storm]

Yes.

[zyzyly]

I find the whole thing very frustrating, and it is even more so because we are so powerless to do anything about it other than stand up and say it's wrong.

[asakiyume]

Agreed