2014.09.14 07:00 - Choices and Activism

The Guardian for this meeting was Bleu Oleander. The comments are by Bleu Oleander.

Eliza Madrigal: 's current display-name is "Eliza".
Bleu Oleander: 's current display-name is "Bleu".
Bleu Oleander: hi Eliza
Eliza Madrigal waves
Bleu Oleander: was just going to leave
Eliza Madrigal: me too... thought I missed the boat :)
Eliza Madrigal: I didn't know until this morning that I wouldn't need to take my daughter to an event... she is practicing for a choir and is waiting for her car to be repaired...so... a bit bogged down with that and other things lately
Bleu Oleander: np
Eliza Madrigal: how are you doing?
Bleu Oleander: not many showing up here these days
Bleu Oleander: I'm going good, u?
Eliza Madrigal: true... heard from Aggers that she'd be busy for the next few months, so around, but less
Eliza Madrigal: some things are good :) some things are especially challenging
Bleu Oleander: that sounds like life in general
Eliza Madrigal nods...

(we talked a bit about traveling to difficult places ... "dark tourism,"  which led to a conversation about all the places in the world in need of help and how that can lead to a feeling of helplessness and not knowing what we can do ... agreeing that a good future topic might be choices and activism ... I edited out some of our conversation that was personal)
 

Eliza Madrigal: I'd better go, but I'm glad to come today and so appreciate your sharing this
Eliza Madrigal: it matters to care

Bleu Oleander: I posted this list to another group
Bleu Oleander: and find it helpful in starting to think about what we can do:

Bleu Oleander:  focus on others, focus on the present, smile more, be positive, be helpful, set a good example, volunteer in your community, reduce your environment impact, be civically engaged, buy local, don’t support things that harm animals or others, be an animal rights advocate, buy fair trade, invest in small business loans,  protect the environment, reduce waste and recycle, be nice, read more, watch less TV, connect with others for conversation, buy a smaller more efficient car, walk more, eat healthier, exercise more, be grateful . . .

Bleu Oleander: sorry to be so gloomy
Eliza Madrigal: not at all something to be sorry for
Bleu Oleander: and its only a start
Eliza Madrigal: about, yes
Eliza Madrigal reads...
Bleu Oleander: but we can do somethings ourselves even when we think we can't
Bleu Oleander: a lot more could be added to the list for sure
Eliza Madrigal: :)

Eliza Madrigal: for me, strangely, the biggest change in the last few years, has been to be less nice in shallow ways...
Bleu Oleander: less nice?

Eliza Madrigal: maybe we can talk about choices and activism sometime soon :)
Bleu Oleander: that would be great
Eliza Madrigal: agreed, thanks for being here Bleu
Bleu Oleander: ok take care
Bleu Oleander: c u soon
Eliza Madrigal: tc, bfn
Bleu Oleander: hugs
Eliza Madrigal: big hugs