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Do something! Ideas to help you through tough times

"When you're weary, feeling small. When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all. I'm on your side...oh when darkness comes and pain is all around. Like a bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down"

Here are some ideas for ways to help dry up those tears for a bit. Or at least help you smile through the tears and the stresses of current events knowing you're being part of the solution!


Donate to Lawyers suing to support U.S. Constitution:


Books to Read:

  • “The Time is Now; A Call to Uncommon Courage” by Joan Chittister published 2019 by Convergent – A beloved Nun and social activist offers soul-stirring guide for all who feel disillusioned and dissatisfied with the power-hungry institutions and systems of this world.  She calls us to be modern day prophets.


Bible References to Ponder:

  • “Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth.  But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?  It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot.”  —Matthew 5:13

  • “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be people of courage; be strong.  Do everything in love.”  —1 Corinthians 16:13

 

Helpful Ways To Manage Stress:

  • Nature – Meditation-Music-Poetry-Exercise-Prayer-Humor

  • Talking with Friends – Doing things with others to make a difference

 

Prayer Suggestions:

  • For yourself:  peace, hope, patience, strength, endurance, wisdom, love, forgiveness

  • For your enemies: empathy, intelligence, love, understanding, reconciliation

  • For victims:  redemption, comfort, hope, relief

  • When despair is the greatest: Repeat “help, help, help, help” from a fetal position! 😂

 

Links for information:

  • Join the Progressive Alliance of Henderson County Facebook Group for updates on local activism opportunities.

  • Contact Kimberly Dunbar at Kdunbar@gracehendersonville.com to get on newsletter mailing list for the Henderson County Social Justice Network.

  • Go to https://thirdact.org/  for information about Bill McKibben’s national group that “brings together people over 65 years old to fight for climate justice and racial justice”.

  • Visit https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org for information and opportunities to support them led by the Reverend Dr. William Barber II also professor at Practice of Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School.

  • Join “THE RESISTANCE” group on Facebook or go to www.buildtheresistance.org for a resource hub and movement megaphone.  “Our volume is designed to drown out doom, despair, and isolation that feeds fascism.”

  • Go to https://indivisible.org/ for information about groups in every congressional district (seems to be a chapter in Madison County, NC) as well as information about protests.

 

Inspirational quotes:

  • “Deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome some day.”  Lyrics to hymn “We Shall Overcome” written by Charles Albert Tindley and sung many times by Pete Seeger

  • “Be not a whisper that is lost in the wind; be a voice that is heard above the storms of life.”—Maimonides



 

 

 

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