I'm 67 and retired. I can't move around like I use to. I try but my knees don't like the cold. My better half and I get out and do what we can. We volunteer at the local dems office in SE Wisconsin and join sign brigades when we can. Our house is festooned with purple lights, protest signs and flags. I read the Substacks daily and have been encouraged to write. I had to give up doom scrolling. It was having a xxx effect on my mindset. I much prefer the hope hunting I do now, daily looking for the good and positive stories. The more I do it, the more the algorithm changes to the better and the calmer and more positive my mind becomes. Hope hunting is how I found you. I look for your Substack every morning. I really don't think you understand just how many lives you have touched. You are the reason our house is lit purple. Don't ever stop!
I would love to see a picture of your purple lit house!
Did you know there is a filter in your brain that works just like an algorithm? It’s called the reticular activating system. RAS. Basically, it makes you notice what you decide is important. I learned about it playing a game called SCORE with my nephew where we counted how many yellow cars we saw on a drive. The longer more months we played the game, the more yellow cars we saw. It wasn’t cuz there were more yellow cars, it was that our RAS filter was making us consciously notice what was already there.
If you doom scroll, you train your RAS to filter all the atrocities into your conscious brain.
If you hope hunt, you train your RAS to filter all the good news stories in your conscious brain.
I prefer hope hunting too. It’s a much better life. And believe it or not, just like yellow cars, there are far more hope stories out there than we realize.
Soo true . I follow four or five “good news” posters every day. We now stop 3 times a day to meditate . It’s my contribution to the revolution , plus my posted mediations daily on insta and substack . We stop at 1 pm central time co ordinating with a spiritually based astrologer in England Pam Greggory who heads up a Meditation for Peace each day with thousands joining . Nothing to join or follow just stop and pray or meditate your own way or from her posted directions . We use the Mehta prayer saying it out loud for 15 minutes . I know I’m posting on your page a lot today . Feeling lonely for our life in the US today. 👏🏾👏🏽👏🏾👏🏽😘
Ditto On the knees and other things. 75 years old . Cheering all you northern activists on from our life in Mexico post Deportation of the father of our grandchildren.
I've completed interviews of twelve WOMN in the Resistance here in MN. Each one gave me 5-6 detailed stories of their own transformations.
This is a revolution- not only because we are rising up in Resistance, but because these events are changing us at our core. Something deep is shifting in people. Humanity is changing. I'm eager to see what fully emerges from this.
it's funny, all the womn I've met have all said "I don't feel brave"...and all the womn who read their stories say "they are so brave"...I wonder if bravery is something we only witness on the outside and rarely feel on the inside.
You have a great point. Because we are only brave when we are afraid. So what we feel more is the fear than we do the bravery. And what others see is the bravery. Yes. thank you for reminding me of that.
aw shucks. Thank you. I originally submitted this piece to publish on another publication (for $200) but the rescinded the submission because I like it too much and wanted it on my own publication. I like it too.
The world can be a dark place. Thank you for sharing, for continuing to share. I'm very much away from ICE but have recent enough experiences of Immigration to be angry about everything. Love and peace from Fargo-Moorhead.
I'm 67 and retired. I can't move around like I use to. I try but my knees don't like the cold. My better half and I get out and do what we can. We volunteer at the local dems office in SE Wisconsin and join sign brigades when we can. Our house is festooned with purple lights, protest signs and flags. I read the Substacks daily and have been encouraged to write. I had to give up doom scrolling. It was having a xxx effect on my mindset. I much prefer the hope hunting I do now, daily looking for the good and positive stories. The more I do it, the more the algorithm changes to the better and the calmer and more positive my mind becomes. Hope hunting is how I found you. I look for your Substack every morning. I really don't think you understand just how many lives you have touched. You are the reason our house is lit purple. Don't ever stop!
Fierce Love from a small town in Wisconsin.
I would love to see a picture of your purple lit house!
Did you know there is a filter in your brain that works just like an algorithm? It’s called the reticular activating system. RAS. Basically, it makes you notice what you decide is important. I learned about it playing a game called SCORE with my nephew where we counted how many yellow cars we saw on a drive. The longer more months we played the game, the more yellow cars we saw. It wasn’t cuz there were more yellow cars, it was that our RAS filter was making us consciously notice what was already there.
If you doom scroll, you train your RAS to filter all the atrocities into your conscious brain.
If you hope hunt, you train your RAS to filter all the good news stories in your conscious brain.
I prefer hope hunting too. It’s a much better life. And believe it or not, just like yellow cars, there are far more hope stories out there than we realize.
Soo true . I follow four or five “good news” posters every day. We now stop 3 times a day to meditate . It’s my contribution to the revolution , plus my posted mediations daily on insta and substack . We stop at 1 pm central time co ordinating with a spiritually based astrologer in England Pam Greggory who heads up a Meditation for Peace each day with thousands joining . Nothing to join or follow just stop and pray or meditate your own way or from her posted directions . We use the Mehta prayer saying it out loud for 15 minutes . I know I’m posting on your page a lot today . Feeling lonely for our life in the US today. 👏🏾👏🏽👏🏾👏🏽😘
Not sure how I can send a photo directly to you so I put it in a post. If you do s search on my handle it should be there. :-)
Still figuring this stuff out. I think I just shared a note to you.
I got it. thank you!
Teri, this is the best comment I have seen in a week. Thank you.
I'm in tears reading this.
I've read it a couple dozen times, and it still chokes me.
Ditto On the knees and other things. 75 years old . Cheering all you northern activists on from our life in Mexico post Deportation of the father of our grandchildren.
What a beautiful lane you have found. So grateful you are out there, finding and telling these stories. 💗
I have sooooo many more stories to write.
I've completed interviews of twelve WOMN in the Resistance here in MN. Each one gave me 5-6 detailed stories of their own transformations.
This is a revolution- not only because we are rising up in Resistance, but because these events are changing us at our core. Something deep is shifting in people. Humanity is changing. I'm eager to see what fully emerges from this.
Your summaries of the helpers, the good things, have me thinking about moving back to Minnesota.
I’m never moving away now!
Tears full of big, big feeling. Thank you and bless you.
Thank you!
Thank you for being a brave authentic voice that I can learn from and hear. Deep appreciation.
it's funny, all the womn I've met have all said "I don't feel brave"...and all the womn who read their stories say "they are so brave"...I wonder if bravery is something we only witness on the outside and rarely feel on the inside.
You have a great point. Because we are only brave when we are afraid. So what we feel more is the fear than we do the bravery. And what others see is the bravery. Yes. thank you for reminding me of that.
I could feel all of your feels as I read your blog. We may not always feel so brave but we won't back down!
Nancy! So great to see you here in my Substack comments! We won’t back down!!!
So good Terri.
Well written piece, my dear. Thank you! From another brave Minnesotan.
thank you. and thank you for always commenting. it is engagement like this that warms my heart and keeps me doing what I do.
You are most welcome. You are among my favorites to follow here in Substackland.
Beautifully written and so relatable! 🥰 I remember that day!
love you @Red tulip
One of your best! 💜
aw shucks. Thank you. I originally submitted this piece to publish on another publication (for $200) but the rescinded the submission because I like it too much and wanted it on my own publication. I like it too.
The world can be a dark place. Thank you for sharing, for continuing to share. I'm very much away from ICE but have recent enough experiences of Immigration to be angry about everything. Love and peace from Fargo-Moorhead.
Yes, darkness exists. And the beauty coming out of it all is actually quite breath-giving!
Teri, I loved this and the book is going to be good.
Thank you Teri!
💜 from here in Fremantle, West Oz. 💪🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 🌻
You are totally allowed to value your work… very powerful piece