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Jul 2, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

In lieu of going big, or away, right now I'm trying to appreciate more little things...evening light, a good book, the friends you can still get together with.

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Jul 2, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

Music. Music such as this piece, which appeared in my inbox on a day where I felt only despair. These three Atlanta musicians offer a powerful word of hope for these times.

https://rebekkagoldsmith.bandcamp.com/

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Jul 2, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

I am recharging thru my granddaughter's trip to a Greek island right now. She graduated from Florida State in archeology and is there for 5 weeks for "classes," digging, making friends, touring the town, hiking at 6 AM, and evening meal out on the beach. Sounds glorious to me. Oh, to be forever young and have the world ahead. (and know what I know now !)

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Jul 2, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

I am going to recharge by yoga, meditating more often. I am going to recharge others by sharing important articles to help people fully understand what is at stake for America. And, I am going to recharge by subscribing to other leaders such as yourself.

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Jul 3, 2022·edited Jul 3, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

I seek a reprieve from the relentless barrage of News, which is often upsetting and painful. Blessed to live in a rural demographic, I spend time outside in the natural environment, where I find inner peace and relative calm, in an unfettered world. There is much to learn by observing the birds and other inhabitants in the wooded enclave and meadow nearby. Would that people had the same quiet resolve in life.

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Jul 3, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

My "recharge" this year will be a week in one of my favorite places; Key West, Florida. I will join my daughter and her husband for local bar crawls, walking tours, biking, visiting places like the Hemingway House and the Truman Little Whitehouse. Flats fishing in the Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge is what I am most looking forward to. (A favorite annual recharge, for me, for the last 25 years of my working career) but, have not done since early 2019. A Carl Hiaasen book or two will be given attention as well.

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Jul 3, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

I have spent years leaning to meditate and garner a more open view of my reactions to the insanity of the unconscious radical religious right and oligarchy, rapidly working to alter their world to meet their belief that dominion is their salvation.

There is no amount of hatred or greed that will satisfy their lust for power, and I will not allow them to control my life or my mind. That alone is all I can personally manage.

This perspective has freed me considerably more than I expected. I am now more aware of viable solutions, and what is ultimately capable of stopping the collapse of society and what is possible going forward. As such, I share these views and solutions with all I can, and find that the vast majority ultimately agree with, that M4All, GND, social justice, a nation of peace and a nation where no one is above the law is far more important than hatred and greed.

I come from a more peaceful & loving place, am open to a more compassionate, empathetic way of viewing and seeing our world.

I intend to continue to express progressive solutions to our adversaries… much like Bernie and AOC often do, and not to be sucked into the righteous world view of those who are filled with so much hatred. Whether on the extreme angry left, or the religious radical fascist right.

I also more easily recognize the failures of the continuing corporate DNC leadership that provides more lip service than effort to effectively care for the working and middle class. Expressing this awareness in a positive way seems to wake up many who never looked to solutions, yet follow main stream media distractions unconsciously.

More and more democrats and independents are becoming aware of the corporation greed game too, that of not serving the people… and I see an awakening is underway. Democratic leadership has a reckoning to confront as well, I hope they chose people over Wall Street greed, and let them know any way I can.

With this in mind… I will continue to help where I am able, support progressive candidates and causes, and continue to envision a better future for everyone who cares for humanity.

I also see justice and karma coming to confront those who are now only willing to demand hatred and obedience. In the end, this is inevitable… just like with others of their kind.

My point in stating this perspective is to allow not only myself, but others, to pay more attention to what is possible while coming from a position of love and compassion that in a way, many have lost touch with.

In taking this perspective, awareness, fear has no home, and all things positive are possible.

This perspective gives my mind a constant vacation from anger and fear, for I am aware, I can only do so much.

If this helps others going forward, all the better.

further,

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Jul 2, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

In my 80th year I’m counting on you, my tribe.

It can be at times overwhelming, this burning of our Constitution by a handful of people who shouldn’t even qualify to go on a guided tour of a Court House. I know, we have always been protective, cautious, even fearful of its flammable fragility but, here we are lock-stepping head-on into what seems to be a hopeless eternity.

Thankfully in all the commotion, we are somehow able to go to the well, scoop up another bucket of hope, and join other like-minded folks rushing to douse the fire and helping us remember that this madness can be stopped, our constitution can be rebuilt, and precedent can be reset but it will not happen without those of us who cherish it. Let’s be clear, concise, collective, and nudge up our volume.

The Fourth of July is my wedding anniversary and I hope all of you have a safe and reflective Independence Day celebration. Then, let’s get back to it!

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Jul 2, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

Attending the local Farmers' Market to mingle with lots of members of the community, listen to some live folk music, and buy locally sourced baked goods, flowers, and farm-raised meat.

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Jul 3, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

Tennis. Watching tennis on TV. I don't play. Wimbledon is on now, and there is nothing more gratifying, exciting, and invigorating than to watch individuals from all over the world compete one-on-one with each other, knowing that only one of them will win a match, and then graciously shake hands with the other out of respect for the other and their game. It's a great escape from the news and politics.

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Jul 3, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

We are recharging by driving a small camper to Disney this week for my and my intellectually disabled son's birthday, and then later in July to Utah's national Parks, the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde and then Durango to take the steam train to Silverton, and then to Santa Fe before coming home. This is a recharge, and I understand the price of gas, but we have figured it in, and it is almost a bucket list trip, and I am just fortunate that I am able to do this at my age. My wife and youngest son (can you believe he didn't want to go to Disney?) have never been "out west" so here we go. Travel has always recharged me, because I love to drive, especially when you can see the wonders of our own country. I am excited!

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Jul 2, 2022Liked by Steven Beschloss

I had Rose Tremain’s “Restoration” recommended to me, so reading, for one.

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Phillip Kerr's novels about Bernie Gunther, an ethical (though flawed) policeman and private investigator in Nazi Germany, offers insights on how to get along in dark times.

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Sherrie B Crow, yes, music. Made me turn again to Jennifer Berezan's 2010 recording of "Song for all beings":....this chorus is the prayer that underlies my daily life, forever meaningful, and yes, lifts my heart to carry on: "The light on the hills is full of mercy, the wind in the trees, it comes to save me, the silence it will never desert me, I long to hold the whole world in these arms." Another way to say it is that Nature herself is a deep inspiration, a deep blessing.

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