Too easily these days, we can find ourselves entrapped in a doom loop of bad vibes and negative thinking.
Social media algorithms feed us enraging engagement bait. Friends and neighbors can talk for hours about this, that or the other public outrage. Our society’s trust in institutions has dropped off the proverbial cliff.
Yet over this past week I found hope. Two events in three days showed me how in even the most challenging times, good people unite for positive purposes. Not only do shreds of hope remain for the future, but an abundant crop of the stuff sprouts underneath our feet. We just have to look down and see it growing…