Reply #16: Family & friends are the most important thing in life. Don't give up so [View All]

[applegrove]

easily. Time for the peace talks. Set rules and guidelines about how much time you will invest in this. Your husband can do some research to assuage his own dam fears.

For sure if you go through a change your friendships may change. But don't give up the good eggs. Life is precious. So is your good name. So invest some time in meetings with like people and make new friends there. Then you can share with people who understand how you feel. You will feel heard. And you can have the old pals there to spend time with in other ways.

Too much of anything is bad. You are right to feel worried and angry. Your kids will be paying for this war in the years to come. They will also be paying for the tax cuts. So go out and get a local possy and negotiate for the time you need to spend with them & be heard. And get some balance back in your life. The internet is passive and way too easy to find 'exactly' like minded people in. And it can turn into an addiction. Just like Martha Stewart takes over some women's lives and becomes 'porn' in that way - so too can the cycle of news.

Don't let the Bushites diminish your personal life. You are growing and others cannot be there with you. So re-organize. And get some exercise. You do have to protect your own heart and be discerning about the battles you get into. You cannot possibly fight it all that hits the news unless that is the only thing you do. You don't even see democratic politicians fighting it all - all the time - and they are politicians! So if this be one battle you need to sink your teeth into. So be it.

This bullshit will pass. Pace yourself. Invest in a few battles. And be there to fight in the next elections. And warn people ahead of time that the 'elections' are where you will be come 2006. If you don't want to abandon those who rely on you - you will have to trade some time now for then.

IMHO