Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
Jun. 17th, 2009 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetEvery time I think about this (see also previous post), tears start to well up. It's a horrible situation.
And I'm a horribly selfish person. There are things I can do to help, I'm certain, but I haven't even begun to scratch the surface of the information involved here. I'm balancing my energy between monitoring shit that's going on over here and trying to remain emotionally healthy. Practically the first thing my first aid teacher told the class was not to feel other peoples' pain for them when you're working to help them, but it's going to take a few hours before I feel like I can effectively suspend my reactions. And in the mean time, shit keeps happening over here that I feel I can deal with better.
Shit like this. And this.
I don't want to be selfish, but pragmatism (and air plane sudden-pressure-loss rules) states that it's important to take care of yourself before you take care of anyone else.
And I really, really don't want to not extend help to the people who need it, or to withdraw what's already being used.
Just. A little bit more in the area of Hope and Change wouldn't be too much to ask, would it? Some of that fierce advocacy (and a little less comparing GLBTQIA folks to pedophiles while defending DOMA) wouldn't be out of place, either, I think, and not just from other people.
And I'm a horribly selfish person. There are things I can do to help, I'm certain, but I haven't even begun to scratch the surface of the information involved here. I'm balancing my energy between monitoring shit that's going on over here and trying to remain emotionally healthy. Practically the first thing my first aid teacher told the class was not to feel other peoples' pain for them when you're working to help them, but it's going to take a few hours before I feel like I can effectively suspend my reactions. And in the mean time, shit keeps happening over here that I feel I can deal with better.
Shit like this. And this.
I don't want to be selfish, but pragmatism (and air plane sudden-pressure-loss rules) states that it's important to take care of yourself before you take care of anyone else.
And I really, really don't want to not extend help to the people who need it, or to withdraw what's already being used.
Just. A little bit more in the area of Hope and Change wouldn't be too much to ask, would it? Some of that fierce advocacy (and a little less comparing GLBTQIA folks to pedophiles while defending DOMA) wouldn't be out of place, either, I think, and not just from other people.
