Becoming a Bridge Person in Precarious Times - Seventh Wave

Feeling joy in times of distress and heightened precarity does not mean we do not empathize, grieve or care about our own suffering or those suffering around us. One of the harmful tendencies I most despise in social justice spaces is the compulsion to be outwardly morose, grave, or enraged all the time to show how committed we are to our values. Even as this myth is being dispelled, the endless mainstream news cycle of panic amps up our anxiety and pushes us backward away from joy.