Thank you for your notes and reflections, I value them. I feel an enormous disconnect from the world with 2% of my friends actively engaged in the genocide leaving the remaining 98% claiming to be too ill informed to make any comment.
I see everything through my algorithm; beheaded babies, wailing mothers et al. And at one point …
Thank you for your notes and reflections, I value them. I feel an enormous disconnect from the world with 2% of my friends actively engaged in the genocide leaving the remaining 98% claiming to be too ill informed to make any comment.
I see everything through my algorithm; beheaded babies, wailing mothers et al. And at one point I subscribed to this theory of integrated thinking, where we can show compassion to the Israeli hostages and Palestinians in general, that is fading. I feel lost and alone in a community I created and love and now feel at 53 I have to start again. Find a new group of people to surround myself with. I’ve taken 12 months away, I’m in Europe attempting to make sense of it all, but in the last days. I’ve found my heart more broken than ever.
Hi Mel. I feel this so much. I'm 54. My direct community/circle/family has their heads in the sand for the most part. It's isolating. And I feel the same. I need new people. Not that I don't love my old people. I just need to have these conversations in real life. I need to process and share with people who get it, and who are not looking away. I can't do it all online. I've taken some steps in the direction of new (offline) community building.
We’re on the same path, you’re not alone. I feel like the blinkers are off, I see people for who they are not. I honestly thought people would be as enraged and devastated as me, I still can’t understand how they can look the other way. I post a photo of a scenic landscape and get 100 likes, yet I post an “eyes of Rafah” and the two likes I get are my daughters. I’m shocked.
I know. The 'good vibes only' mentality is out of control I'm finding in equal portion to the growing dissonance. I've never been down with this admittedly. I've got a dark and twisty side and feel, see it all. I've never been able to look away, and I wouldn't want to. But sometimes I feel a little jealous. Can I say that here? I'd love to retreat, too, sometimes, and join them in their little bubbles.
I'm 50 and feel the same. I'm feeling quite excited about finding a new tribe who I can move to next levels with. I think it's part of a moving into a new phase as an "elder" woman. There are quite a few women in this thread who are seeing things the same way - Kay, Emma etc. Some of us need to be taking on this mantle. I'm aware I need to find mentors, elders to apprentice myself to, and so on. The world needs older, wiser women right now. I'm finding this realisation enlivening. You?
Absolutely. It's taken me a couple of years (and some balancing of the hormones TBH) to settle in to this stage and get clear. I'd love it if you could share those mentors as you find them! Meg Wheatley for sure.
Yep I'm the same, I post numerous stories about Gaza daily get three likes who are the same people, and post something else not on Gaza and get 50 likes. I feel like the crazy activist lady and no one else cares 😢
Hi Sarah,
Thank you for your notes and reflections, I value them. I feel an enormous disconnect from the world with 2% of my friends actively engaged in the genocide leaving the remaining 98% claiming to be too ill informed to make any comment.
I see everything through my algorithm; beheaded babies, wailing mothers et al. And at one point I subscribed to this theory of integrated thinking, where we can show compassion to the Israeli hostages and Palestinians in general, that is fading. I feel lost and alone in a community I created and love and now feel at 53 I have to start again. Find a new group of people to surround myself with. I’ve taken 12 months away, I’m in Europe attempting to make sense of it all, but in the last days. I’ve found my heart more broken than ever.
Hi Mel. I feel this so much. I'm 54. My direct community/circle/family has their heads in the sand for the most part. It's isolating. And I feel the same. I need new people. Not that I don't love my old people. I just need to have these conversations in real life. I need to process and share with people who get it, and who are not looking away. I can't do it all online. I've taken some steps in the direction of new (offline) community building.
We’re on the same path, you’re not alone. I feel like the blinkers are off, I see people for who they are not. I honestly thought people would be as enraged and devastated as me, I still can’t understand how they can look the other way. I post a photo of a scenic landscape and get 100 likes, yet I post an “eyes of Rafah” and the two likes I get are my daughters. I’m shocked.
It's a suddenly-lonely, but also sharpening, experience. I know it Mel x
I know. The 'good vibes only' mentality is out of control I'm finding in equal portion to the growing dissonance. I've never been down with this admittedly. I've got a dark and twisty side and feel, see it all. I've never been able to look away, and I wouldn't want to. But sometimes I feel a little jealous. Can I say that here? I'd love to retreat, too, sometimes, and join them in their little bubbles.
I'm 50 and feel the same. I'm feeling quite excited about finding a new tribe who I can move to next levels with. I think it's part of a moving into a new phase as an "elder" woman. There are quite a few women in this thread who are seeing things the same way - Kay, Emma etc. Some of us need to be taking on this mantle. I'm aware I need to find mentors, elders to apprentice myself to, and so on. The world needs older, wiser women right now. I'm finding this realisation enlivening. You?
Absolutely. It's taken me a couple of years (and some balancing of the hormones TBH) to settle in to this stage and get clear. I'd love it if you could share those mentors as you find them! Meg Wheatley for sure.
Yep I'm the same, I post numerous stories about Gaza daily get three likes who are the same people, and post something else not on Gaza and get 50 likes. I feel like the crazy activist lady and no one else cares 😢