This is time for love.
Call or FaceTime the old people in your life. Connect with them everyday if you can, at a predictable time, so they know you really care about them. Some people are feeling depressed and isolated. A phone call they can depend on every day at the same time - or three times a week, if that’s what you can do — will make them feel less lonely.
Look for the good in people. Everybody is stressed, worried, and angry about something. Some people you might feel super angry at, might be days away from losing a family member or losing their job. If you can make people feel cared about, it will prevent some catastrophes.
Don’t take the bait when trolls try to turn you into a hater. Sure, we liberals feel super-angry that we have no real leader in the White House right now. Maybe 20% of his supporters will abandon him finally, or maybe they won’t. If they are deluded cult members, it’s a fine line between a mental health intervention and being the kind of hater than Putin loves to cultivate.
Be kind and keep your eyes open. The world is going to change, it won’t be all bad. Maybe some really good stuff will grow up from the bottom. Resilience, community, self-sufficiency, curtailment of materialism. Patience.
