Don't look for the helpers

[mousme]

Night shift does weird things to my brain, sometimes. I don't remember what I dreamed about after I went to sleep this morning, but I woke up with the old quote from Mr. Rogers flitting about my brain:

'When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are

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[siglinde99]

Even as an adult, it’s okay to look for the helpers. We are stronger if we act together and protect each other.

I like to think I’m normal, but I also worry about this stuff.

[mousme]

The problem is that most people just look for the helpers and stop there. It's not that it's not okay to look, it's as you said "if we act together." Simply looking means staying passive, and we can't afford to be passive anymore.

I hope it's normal to worry about this stuff, because otherwise I am doing something terribly wrong. ;)

[siglinde99]

Yes - no-one is going to save us. We need to save ourselves, but we can’t do it alone.