It's downright awful out there

[felix_numinous]

41. What helped me let go just a little bit

was reading a book called The Fourth Turning, William Strauss and Neil Howe.

A turning is an era with a characteristic social mood, a new twist on how people feel about themselves and their nation. It results from the aging of the generational constellation. A society enters a turning once every twenty years or so, when all living generations begin to enter their next phases of life. Like archetypes and constellations, turnings come four to a saeculum, and always in the same order:

http://www.fourthturning.com/html/history___turnings.html

But no matter what book is out there explaining these times, it is so hard to just witness all of the suffering--it is emotionally exhausting and some days it is really hard to turn my hope around. I am grateful whenever I get a chance to share a hug and some encouragement to everyone here.