Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On

I have wanted desperately to write something, anything but words fail me. I'm cycling through the stages of grief around and around again: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. It's tornado season again in the Ozarks, thanks to climate change, and I feel like I'm being buffeted and battered by an unrelenting funnel cloud of tumultuous feelings.

A song by Jimmy Buffett came to mind. It's about Katrina, a hurricane that shattered a community and shattered lives in New Orleans. We have just gone through just such a political hurricane and it too is shattering lives and shattering our country.

It speaks about what we do now. Breathe in, breathe out, move on.

Go easy on yourself for a few days. If you're like me, you're probably in shock. Feel your feelings. Scream, cry, get mad, whatever but most of all take care of yourself. Indulge in your favorite comfort food, hydrate, and rest. Stay out of of the news cycle and off of social media. Don't feed the emotional storm with hot air. There'll be plenty of time to catch up on that stuff later. Take care of you and those whom you love.

Breathe in, breathe out, move on...

Love,
+Brian