Cruelty in this world

Sometimes these days my optimism and positivity fade a bit.  I still see the good around me - the positive in what is happening and the positive things I'm making happen out of the hurdles.  But I'm not blind to the chaos, confusion, and destruction that is ever-present this year (and in a different way, last year).

I keep striving to see the good in people but then their ugliness figuratively slaps me in the face.  I struggle to understand why people can treat others the way they too often do.  I don't want to understand that kind of cruelty.

This post is about the ninth vote that happened in the Senate today.  It's about the hiring restrictions that came out today.  It's about the mass firings.  It's about the Politico article.  It's about the division I see on Threads and the way the algorithms implemented by rich corporate CEO's play a role in that division.  It's about the AI videos being put out by people in power.  It's about some of the limited interactions at work in a mostly empty office.

And it's about my ex-husband.

It feels like just as I have discovered my own internal light again, the light of the world collectively has dimmed.

I haven't lost hope and I feel very disappointed.  

My favorite song right now is "Be a Light" by Thomas Rhett featuring a lot of big names including Reba McEntire.  I'm going to go listen to it now.