Reply #31: Volunteer for a cause close to your heart or something you always had wanted to [View All]

volunteer for but didn'thave the time. Consider this your time.

Here are suggestions: become a literacy volunteer and tutor new immigrants. Volunteer at a soup kitchen where there is plenty of scut work to be done. If you are handy, help build a house with Habitat for Humanity. Start a community garden or work in one. Become a mentor to a kid who needs you. Help resettle refugee families.

I think it helps to take yourself "out of yourself" for a while. You are too close to this and taking it personally. Of course you feel personally affronted by what is going on politically. We all do. But there are people who are suffering deprivation of life's necessities, people who could using a helping hand and heart. You're one of the "good guys" because you are a liberal and a progressive.

If you are already volunteering, do more. The point is to put the energy fueling your anger and frustration into a positive place and helping others.

Best of luck to you.:hug: