Shock & Bounce

Is more coming? Is it over? Are my friends or people I'm responsible for hurt forever, or worse? Am I going to be okay? WHY CAN'T I DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT!?

The last time I felt this string of emotions was when a salvo of rockets slammed into our housing area on my base in Iraq.

If you're in shock, distraught, and feel powerless to actually do anything meaningful, these are all legitimate reactions. You have been attacked. Lives, livelihoods, health, and security are at stake for each of us in varying ways.

Take a breath. Find a friend, your family, a pet, a stranger on the street. Do something nice for them. Help. Even in the tiniest way. Rebounding comes with time, but the worst thing that you can do is stay paralyzed.

Move. Help the others. Ask for help if you need it. Communicate and let people know you're okay (or that you aren't).

Make your world and the things you touch better. You can't influence the president directly, that's not your world...

Unless you're a US Senator, Congressperson, or a Supreme Court Justice, in which case: DO YOUR FUCKING JOB. There are no Checks & Balances unless you fucking CHECK this shit.