How Can We Keep Our Eyes Open to the (Grim) Reality While Keeping Our Hearts Open to Joy?

Sharing what lifted me from despair and kept me walking on the treacherous path of life.

Dear Ponders,

It feels like a year has passed since I last wrote. And since my own personal D-Day (betrayal discovery day), I haven’t experienced such a wide range of emotions as what the post-election tsunami had swept up in me. From shock, rage, fear, disgust, sadness, to a deep sense of betrayal, grief, futility and despair.

Like many of you, my ration…