Reading the news, hearing it, seeing it on social media, has become intolerable for me. It's bizarre that we just go on with our lives while there is so much killing and hatred and stupidity occurring at the same time. The corruption is aggravating. But it's the hatred that is truly painful. The killing. The only solution is to be distracted, which we all manage. I'm distracted by the pleasures of my New York life, quiet as it is. The things I love. Books, friends, even clouds. The tree outside my window. The moving shadows on the wall. But I feel heartbroken. Don't you?
You'll think I'm speaking of Gaza, but I'm not. It's much bigger than Gaza. Hating Israel is just stupid. It does nothing but cause antisemitism. What good does more hating do? The endless killing in Ukraine. The murderous idiots in charge of most countries. The stupid click bait stories beside the tragic in the New York Times.
Despite the incredible beauty we are given. For nothing! Just to exist! The animals. The plants and trees and stars. We are blind to the richness of our experience. We are unkind. No, it's worse than that. We are thugs. We make up enemies. We rage against one another. We strive for stupid things. We take sides. We argue for the rights of those like us. We eat animals and treat them so brutally. We use politics to bludgeon one another. So righteous.
I'm sick of it all. Aren't you?