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Our movement, The Saners, isn’t about fear or hope. It’s about imagination, about wonderful possibilities — and how to realize them today and beyond.
I’m finally over COVID and looking ahead. But I’m also looking around me, and where I am right now, at how to live sensibly today. That is the way I’ve been living for quite some time.
Life is short. Sometimes you can be overwhelmed by crises. But most times, we are living routines. The routines can feel empty, exhausting and tiresome. We all know that something isn’t right.
We are told what to think about, by the media, by leaders, by people who have grabbed the microphone. Sometimes, the loud people say something that resonates. Other times, their words are irksome.
We need to tune them out, and listen to ourselves. To get some quiet, to reflect on our actual experiences and feelings. We need to examine our hearts and consciences and not simply focus on what those other people tell us is important.
Those experts and authorities are clueless and when we listen to them, we lose touch with reality. We feel lost because they are leading us first into a wilderness, then a fantasyland and finally a hell on Earth.
