Making sense of the world in 2020
It has been quite a year so far. In the midst of natural disasters (fires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.), a global pandemic, increasingly contentious political division, and two children coming out, there has been a lot to process. I've been stressed, distressed, stretched, and unmoored at times. And I want to make sense of it all. At the recommendation of my sister, Margaret, I finally read the book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, and I appreciated it so much. It provides an ethical/moral framework for understanding myself, differing political viewpoints, and religion. I see the points set forth everywhere I look, now, from Facebook to the Endowment (which I've missed with temples being closed.) Given that framework, and the principles I have learned as a Marriage and Family Therapist, I am working to make sense of the world, and decrease divisiveness/contention (at least within my own mind and heart). Basic principles...