Pathologically hopeful, an utterly disorganized collection of thoughts on then and now

[dampscribbler]

I'm going to start this with the tweets I started this morning, intending at that time to both explore and explain something, then soon realizing that I needed to go in deeper than either Twitter or my empty stomach would allow

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[dampscribbler]

FWIW, it took me four hours, due to no fewer than 7 interruptions, to complete this. That's Saturday for ya!

[jelazakazone]

I read this. I have some thoughts, but mostly this one:

A long time ago, in a universe far away, I wanted to CHANGE THE WORLD, but I came to realize that I could only change people I could touch (and I mean that in a very physical sense). I try to do my work on a micro level -- one person at a time. Is it enough? Not nearly. But when change does happen, I can *see* it and that is very satisfying.

Also, as says, slowbloom is the way to go. I'm aiming to be Grandma Moses. If I hit my stride before 80, that's awesome. There is no pressure on me to try to get where ever it is I'm going faster.

[dampscribbler]

So many of us want to "change the world" in big ways when we're young. Figuring out how to transform that desire into action that we ourselves value and respect takes more time for some of us than for others. I do appreciate Jill's slowbloom philosophy. All things in their own time.

[jelazakazone]

I still want to change the world in BIG ways and I often feel like a failure that I'm not doing that, but I also realize that I can barely manage my regular day to day life. LOL.

And I have seen change in my own community. I was one of the first babywearers here and I got someone started with a business. That's exciting to have watched grow.

I do think we need to honor ourselves and what we are truly capable of. I'm still working on that and trying to figure out how I can transform the world around me. It's hard, being a human. <3

[eurydice7]

You know not only does this not sound crazy, but I had essentially the same conversation with another friend this week. I know I quit something I was doing (reading tarot regularly) because I wanted to go back to school after my divorce and do something that would make more of a difference. Now that seems idiotic (I was effectively self employed and quit? What was I thinking?!) My friend has been through so many different trainings and degrees I can't keep up with them all. I wonder if it's gendered and generational, this desire to save the world with our work and the constant abandonment of paths that don't seem to get there (fast enough? efficiently enough? sufficiently enough?)

I like the phrase - resilience literature.

[penpusher]

As a brief aside, that LJ link to halseanderson... sends you to what looks like a spam account promoting "The Top Dentists in Baton Rouge, Louisiana!"

And I'd also point out that "glacially slowly" really isn't so slow anymore, what with Global Warming melting everything at a shockingly fast rate!

Here's one: get all the snowmakers from all the ski resorts all over the world and start making snow and ice for Greenland!

I'm probably not going to solve anything.

[dampscribbler]

Ack, how weird! I could have sworn that still went to her LJ when I posted the link. I think she now blogs off LJ, though, on Tumblr and at http://madwomanintheforest.com/blog/

Glacial, like everything, aint what it used to be.