Thread by @1goodtern

I have some thoughts about this.

https://twitter.com/MeetJess/status/1758854526092603597

I'll write a big old thread about them at some point, but for now:
I've read a lot of history.
I studied it at uni, and read it for fun.
I don't read it so much for the details as for the flow.

Life in any era is always good for some and bad for others.

The proportions vary from year to year.

Some people shift from one category to the other from year to year.

Life isn't consistent, it changes wildly.

Bad times come, then good times, then bad times.

If you personally get especially bad times then that may be it, game over.

But life collectively isn't always a progression of everything always getting worse, or everything always getting better.

There will be moments of hope and moments of despair.

I would encourage you to fight to share hope.
Fight to share compassion.
Fight to share truth.

Fight against denial.
Fight against hate.

And do it by sharing hope and sharing love and sharing compassion.

Take breaks when you need them.

Rest when it's right.

Then fight.

And some of us will get through this to better times.

And I know that even if I don't get through this, then I will have made it better for someone.

So I'll fight.

And keep on fighting.

And keep on fighting, whatever comes.