Adam that message really hit home. Thank you for writing it. I have been really concerned and even depressed about the future of our country if Trump wins. I just got back from Europe and everyone I met was concerned about the U.S. if Trump wins. I just cannot believe the fear that most Republicans have of Trump and the MAGA voters.
My sense is that electing Trump is a permanent bad solution (authoritarianism) to a temporary problem (inflation). Americans have lost the important value of delayed gratification; we are very short-sighted, which is not what ‘made America great’.
And it’s exacerbated by our new national trait of narcissism. “What’s in it for ME?” That’s the new voter. And it explains why they think blowing it all up is a good idea, as if the world is riveted on their opinions alone, and will leap to accommodate their mood.
Maybe perspective on that depends on your age. When I was raised in the 50s and 60s, bragging was a quick way to get socially ostracized. And everyone, everyone cooperated with the new polio vaccine, lining up at the local elementary school gym to get the sugar cube - not once but 3 times. There wasn’t a sign of narcissism. It was all about the common good.
I saw that short sightedness and demand for instant gratification at Motorola in the early 90s when Motorola was at the top of its game. Look at where Motorola is now. Like IBM, they are still in the game but no longer at the top (entropy anyone?).
At the government level, an example of good long-term thinking was the interstate highway system, or the space race. Very long range gratification. Wouldn’t be possible today; we think in two-year time frames - election to election.
Which reminds me that a lot of today’s younger voters have no personal history of inflation. I’m 71 and inflation seems familiar; it comes and goes. It’s not a crisis worth sacrificing our democracy over.
Do you think large ambitious projects are even possible anymore? There's always a reason - the environment, indigenous rights, DEI, and on and on. All those protesters to block anything like progress.
I actually don’t think large, long term ambitious projects are do-able now. We are too fractious and squabbling. Mid-century was a very homogeneous (in terms of social behavior), compliant time, which wasn’t great for everyone on an individual level. I think the Scandinavian countries have found the best balance between protecting individual freedom and promoting the common good. I don’t see us ever achieving that balance. Plus, Americans have gotten mean. Trump revealed that. Scandinavians are not mean, as a culture.
And I might add... The consumer products divisions of both companies (IBM PCs and Motorola Cellular) were sold to the same Chinese company.. Lenovo (who does make good products).
Dear Adam. I hope you will write about the shame that so many of us are feeling about Mike Johnson and his band of cohorts attending Trumps trial and verbally undermining our rule of law. We keep thinking the MAGA crowd can’t go lower. But yesterday they did for me and many others. The Republicans have shamed this country once again. VOTE BLUE and get others to do so as well!!
Notice that the only flying monkeys that you see are new to the Trump game/cult. They have taken the place of those who were groomed by him in the past to do his bidding, only to be cast aside and left to rot when Trump no longer had use for them. Discard. Isn’t that exactly what we are witnessing with this trial? They truly deserve our compassion. They are victims and don’t even know it. Through their own brokenness they fell prey to the propaganda/marketing of the sycophants. This is their last hurrah. They know it’s now or never. So the push is strong.
What we are experiencing is the exposing of all the dirt that has been hidden under the rug in our society. This is not a bad thing. If we can’t see the dirt it is impossible to sweep it away. To blow it off our path. This isn’t done by fighting it, placing more energy into that arena. It is done in this case by, promoting and expecting the values of honesty, integrity, ethics, and compassion. Where attention goes energy flows. Put your attention on the change you wish to see. By all means don’t put your attention toward the actions that are corrupting our democracy. Our negative energy combines the negative energy of the adversary. Much harder to overcome. Just like a toddler throwing a tantrum, ignoring them stops the show.
It's easy to feel helpless as an individual. It's good to remember that as a part of C1, we are actually a large (can anyone quantify our "membership"?) and powerful group that can have real power and impact when the situation requires.
Our membership here overlaps with other similar groups. Heather Cox Richardson has over 1.5 million followers. Her daily Letters From an American are on Facebook and Substack. She is a history professor and provides many links to events in the past or explanations of how we got here. She manages to be optimistic that we can protect our democracy if we work together. If you haven’t followed her yet, please try her letters.
Thank you for this, I absolutely needed the reminder to let go of the weight I'm carrying. For months I've been feeling the suffering of Gazans, actually feeling like I'm starving and watching my children and granddaughter starve. I've been envisioning my country under fascist rule. I've been dreaming that I'm struggling my way through the hellish Darien Gap - only to be greeted by razor wire and gunfire at the border. I've been reliving the rape I endured when I was only 13, just beginning high school, and feeling so flattered by the attention of the most popular senior when he invited me to ride with him in his souped-up Chevy...a story too similar to Stephanie Gifford's. Every day I wake up to news that makes me feel ill and afraid.
Here I am in my safe and cozy apartment, surrounded by things I love, kept company by my beloved cat, and both of us well-fed and comfortable, everything we need within reach....except sanity.
We are not living in Ukraine, or Gaza, or Sudan, or China. Not today - not yet.
I can relate Sister. I was date raped at 15 by the High school Jock. Hit me up if you ever need to chat. I still deal with the after effects today. Stay strong sister!!
Healing unresolved trauma is the key. If you aren’t already taking care of those scars, please do. Sounds like PTSD has you in its grip. There is help. There is freedom. Right now that is the lens and filter you experience the world. Know it doesn’t have to be like that for you. All is well. You are worthy. You are Love and loved. 🙏🏼
Thank you Stacey. I have been getting treatment for my multiple PTSD issues, including the trauma of finding my husband of 30 years dead from suicide, and then suffering domestic abuse from the person I lived with afterwards. I also suffer from depression -- hah! Big surprise! My psychiatrist has suggested that I stop reading the news, which seems like a good idea until I try it, only to find myself even more isolated from the world. Kind people on Substack - which is the only form of social media I use - help me so much, even when they aren't speaking to me directly. Our shared hopes and fears keep me from dwelling exclusively in The Abyss. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your story. That’s a lot to bare for sure. If there is one thing I can share with you that may help free yourself from the past it’s simply staying present in the moment. The past is just that. Past, gone. The future doesn’t exist either. When we choose to live in the moment, addressing only the things that are actually present, right here right now, life is easier and our reality only that which matters. In any given moment you have the opportunity to choose your response. To recast our experience away from that which no longer exists, into what is really present. Spend as much time as possible in nature. Notice the beauty all around. That’s what’s real.
There is nothing wrong with feeling disconnected from the chaos. Why would you choose to be a part of it? Too often there is a tendency to attach to drama to support our trauma. Please don’t feed that fire. F*** the news.
My Mom committed suicide after multiple failed attempts. At 11 I had the privilege of staying home from school to take care of her after Dad found her unresponsive in the car and the ambulance turned around and brought her home because they didn’t want the stigma. It was 1963. I too was raped, twice. I didn’t know either person, I was just walking down the street. Both times in good neighborhoods. I could share more, but none of that identifies who I am. Nor do my trials define me.
Every horrible twist in our life is an opportunity for growth and a deeper understanding of ourselves and others. Compassion is the key. For ourselves and others. I am not a victim. Compassion for myself allows me to have compassion for the brokenness of others. Clearly, there have been broken hurting people in your life. I haven’t survived. I have thrived. I have even more love.
Awareness of what is present
Acceptance that it’s just the way it is
Mindfulness. Being mindful of the things that trigger us and our responses to them. Mindfully raising the narrative towards growth.
Loving Kindness. Beginning with ourself. Be your best friend. Support your growth.
I love to walk the beach and find those broken conch shells in their gorgeous new form often looking like polished tulips. Our beauty lies in our brokenness. Polished by time through the tumult of the seas.
Be that shell! I highly recommend the book by Bruce Lipton, the Biology of belief. If you haven’t tried breathwork please consider. You will learn ways to actually shift from the sympathetic nervous system fight or flight to Parasympathetic rest and digest, literally changing your bodies chemistry. Also Yin yoga is a great practice.
I’m sending you lots of Love and healing light. You’ve got this. Time to thrive. 💜🕊️🌞🍭🌈
Thank you again for your compassionate advice. I am in awe of your bravery. I think of myself as a survivor who is a product of many different experiences in my life. I thrive in some ways but not in every way, and that is okay. I used to exhaust myself fighting to overcome the damage but now I choose to accept myself as I am, damaged and yet content.
Why do you say you accept being damaged? You’re not damaged. You’ve experienced the harder things in life. That mages your special. You’re simply still working through some tough stuff.
When I start to get in my own way I quickly revert to my mantra, Let Go Let Be.
I agree. "Damaged" is a label that, when we apply it to ourselves, prevents us from feeling good about ourselves and our lives. There are many labels that, if we apply them to ourselves, can get in the way of feeling good and enjoying life. I recommend the book "Feeling Good The New Mood Therapy" by David D Burns M.D. It is an excellent book for anyone. Especially anyone who has lived through seriously traumatic experiences. I have had seriously traumatic experiences myself and this book, along with the effort that I put into it, helped me to move past them and focus on feeling good and enjoying my life since the early 1980s.
Thank you so much Stacey. I have done a lot of healing. I am a sexual assault survivor more than once too. My recovery groups help me as well. And believe it or not so does being a Political Activist but I have to take mental health breaks frequently as DJT is a trigger for sure. Thanks so much for your kind and compassionate words!! Many Blessings to you!! ❤️🫂🙌🙏🏻🌹
Thank you Adam - good message - also—- I would love one of your substacks to be about you and how you are different from 7-8 years ago? What has changed - what has stayed the same?
Thank you for today’s message Adam!!!With so much going on lately it’s easy to get depressed!I like the part where you told people to be happy 😃,frosty and feisty!Sounds like you should be all three while you tumble around the washing machine of life and enjoy it!
In the absolute privacy of the voting booth, the members of Congress who are adamant in their vocal support of donald will have the opportunity to unhitch their wagon from his dark star. They can examine their conscience put aside their fear about being voted out of office and put country over party. I fervently hope that they’ll do it. 🇺🇸
Sometimes when I feel like Atlas, I need to remind myself that I have the power to change that weight into a balloon and let it fly away. Then I can refocus on the most important things. Thanks for this reminder, Adam!
You aptly wrote, “…also know that evil and division never win in the long run.”. It’s the short run that’s before us. Orwells 1984 rings too true. The maga supporters, the sycophants, the angry continue to stir chaos. Lies become truths in their sphere. In the short run democracy tilts and if the supremacists win, aka above-the-law-MAGA wing, the short run takes us down the hole of vindictive autocracy. Yes, in “the long run” it may “never win” but the decade ahead is quite possibly ready to change. I’m not giving up hope but realistically a scary future is forecast. I pray Democracy loving people will vote. There is a bifurcated choice: democracy or chaotic-vindictive-autocracy. Vote values not person if voting for “the person” is too hard. Vote democracy, constitution, law, truth and civility. Adam, your work is so important. You are admired, respected, and appreciated. Keep your strong love of country, democracy, and constitution alive. And hold your sweet family close. Some day, if I live so long, I’ll vote for you as President. I’m an octogenarian with many trips around the sun. I’ve been a leader in public education in a variety of roles. And, I love our country, truth, civility our constitution and our forefathers whose vision for a more perfect union must prevail. I pray democracy wins in the coming election!
Chaos is an opportunity! The whole world is in Chaos so let’s keep cool and give the best of ourselves to fix it, starting with our family life and community that’s the way to do it. 🙏🏻
Lovely post - very touching. I am in a good spot in life. Safe, secure, friends and lots of international travel. My only significant fear is that our democracy may not survive if Trump were elected. You are a shining example of the difference of patriotism versus policy. Thank you for setting the right example for all of our governmental leaders. All the best to you and your family. I am in Houston and hope we can meet personally at an event sometime (know you'r a busy guy!). All the best!
I’m a financial advisor, and many of my clients ask me the same question as was mentioned by Adam. I told them that I really can’t do as much as I would wish about a child starving halfway around the world. I can, however, take care of my family to the highest level of my abilities. That I have done - successfully, and I’ll look a bit farther out there now to help people that need a little help. One man’s journey… Aloha, Mike.
On the nose, Adam. I feel it every day now, and friends keep reminding me to step back and take a mental health break. I spent so much of my life being the one in control, teaching my division, watching over them, dealing with their problems, and holding things together in the chaos that always starts when you least expect it.
Even after being retired for 30 years, I still feel like it is my responsibility to fix the problems.
Adam that message really hit home. Thank you for writing it. I have been really concerned and even depressed about the future of our country if Trump wins. I just got back from Europe and everyone I met was concerned about the U.S. if Trump wins. I just cannot believe the fear that most Republicans have of Trump and the MAGA voters.
Ya i feel the same. If trump wins, maga will be toast in four years, but hopefully the country wont be
My sense is that electing Trump is a permanent bad solution (authoritarianism) to a temporary problem (inflation). Americans have lost the important value of delayed gratification; we are very short-sighted, which is not what ‘made America great’.
And it’s exacerbated by our new national trait of narcissism. “What’s in it for ME?” That’s the new voter. And it explains why they think blowing it all up is a good idea, as if the world is riveted on their opinions alone, and will leap to accommodate their mood.
New trait? I think it’s a very old trait.
Maybe perspective on that depends on your age. When I was raised in the 50s and 60s, bragging was a quick way to get socially ostracized. And everyone, everyone cooperated with the new polio vaccine, lining up at the local elementary school gym to get the sugar cube - not once but 3 times. There wasn’t a sign of narcissism. It was all about the common good.
I saw that short sightedness and demand for instant gratification at Motorola in the early 90s when Motorola was at the top of its game. Look at where Motorola is now. Like IBM, they are still in the game but no longer at the top (entropy anyone?).
At the government level, an example of good long-term thinking was the interstate highway system, or the space race. Very long range gratification. Wouldn’t be possible today; we think in two-year time frames - election to election.
And the next Quarterly Earnings Report.
Which reminds me that a lot of today’s younger voters have no personal history of inflation. I’m 71 and inflation seems familiar; it comes and goes. It’s not a crisis worth sacrificing our democracy over.
Do you think large ambitious projects are even possible anymore? There's always a reason - the environment, indigenous rights, DEI, and on and on. All those protesters to block anything like progress.
I actually don’t think large, long term ambitious projects are do-able now. We are too fractious and squabbling. Mid-century was a very homogeneous (in terms of social behavior), compliant time, which wasn’t great for everyone on an individual level. I think the Scandinavian countries have found the best balance between protecting individual freedom and promoting the common good. I don’t see us ever achieving that balance. Plus, Americans have gotten mean. Trump revealed that. Scandinavians are not mean, as a culture.
And I might add... The consumer products divisions of both companies (IBM PCs and Motorola Cellular) were sold to the same Chinese company.. Lenovo (who does make good products).
I was at Boeing during its best years (engineering-wise) and GE which has all but disappeared.
So very true.
Dear Adam. I hope you will write about the shame that so many of us are feeling about Mike Johnson and his band of cohorts attending Trumps trial and verbally undermining our rule of law. We keep thinking the MAGA crowd can’t go lower. But yesterday they did for me and many others. The Republicans have shamed this country once again. VOTE BLUE and get others to do so as well!!
Notice that the only flying monkeys that you see are new to the Trump game/cult. They have taken the place of those who were groomed by him in the past to do his bidding, only to be cast aside and left to rot when Trump no longer had use for them. Discard. Isn’t that exactly what we are witnessing with this trial? They truly deserve our compassion. They are victims and don’t even know it. Through their own brokenness they fell prey to the propaganda/marketing of the sycophants. This is their last hurrah. They know it’s now or never. So the push is strong.
What we are experiencing is the exposing of all the dirt that has been hidden under the rug in our society. This is not a bad thing. If we can’t see the dirt it is impossible to sweep it away. To blow it off our path. This isn’t done by fighting it, placing more energy into that arena. It is done in this case by, promoting and expecting the values of honesty, integrity, ethics, and compassion. Where attention goes energy flows. Put your attention on the change you wish to see. By all means don’t put your attention toward the actions that are corrupting our democracy. Our negative energy combines the negative energy of the adversary. Much harder to overcome. Just like a toddler throwing a tantrum, ignoring them stops the show.
It's easy to feel helpless as an individual. It's good to remember that as a part of C1, we are actually a large (can anyone quantify our "membership"?) and powerful group that can have real power and impact when the situation requires.
300,000 people. Not all super active but its big!
Thank you, Adam. If you are still in the Chicago area, I'd love to meet you for a cup of coffee some day.
Wow, I didn't realize it had grown so much ! Heartening as is your post, such a healthy, needful perspective as all these comments are too.
Our membership here overlaps with other similar groups. Heather Cox Richardson has over 1.5 million followers. Her daily Letters From an American are on Facebook and Substack. She is a history professor and provides many links to events in the past or explanations of how we got here. She manages to be optimistic that we can protect our democracy if we work together. If you haven’t followed her yet, please try her letters.
She is very optimistic, but also realistic.
Thank you for this, I absolutely needed the reminder to let go of the weight I'm carrying. For months I've been feeling the suffering of Gazans, actually feeling like I'm starving and watching my children and granddaughter starve. I've been envisioning my country under fascist rule. I've been dreaming that I'm struggling my way through the hellish Darien Gap - only to be greeted by razor wire and gunfire at the border. I've been reliving the rape I endured when I was only 13, just beginning high school, and feeling so flattered by the attention of the most popular senior when he invited me to ride with him in his souped-up Chevy...a story too similar to Stephanie Gifford's. Every day I wake up to news that makes me feel ill and afraid.
Here I am in my safe and cozy apartment, surrounded by things I love, kept company by my beloved cat, and both of us well-fed and comfortable, everything we need within reach....except sanity.
We are not living in Ukraine, or Gaza, or Sudan, or China. Not today - not yet.
I can relate Sister. I was date raped at 15 by the High school Jock. Hit me up if you ever need to chat. I still deal with the after effects today. Stay strong sister!!
Thank you Lisa. I appreciate your kind offer.
Lisa, you too 3pmEST🙏!!
Healing unresolved trauma is the key. If you aren’t already taking care of those scars, please do. Sounds like PTSD has you in its grip. There is help. There is freedom. Right now that is the lens and filter you experience the world. Know it doesn’t have to be like that for you. All is well. You are worthy. You are Love and loved. 🙏🏼
Thank you Stacey. I have been getting treatment for my multiple PTSD issues, including the trauma of finding my husband of 30 years dead from suicide, and then suffering domestic abuse from the person I lived with afterwards. I also suffer from depression -- hah! Big surprise! My psychiatrist has suggested that I stop reading the news, which seems like a good idea until I try it, only to find myself even more isolated from the world. Kind people on Substack - which is the only form of social media I use - help me so much, even when they aren't speaking to me directly. Our shared hopes and fears keep me from dwelling exclusively in The Abyss. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your story. That’s a lot to bare for sure. If there is one thing I can share with you that may help free yourself from the past it’s simply staying present in the moment. The past is just that. Past, gone. The future doesn’t exist either. When we choose to live in the moment, addressing only the things that are actually present, right here right now, life is easier and our reality only that which matters. In any given moment you have the opportunity to choose your response. To recast our experience away from that which no longer exists, into what is really present. Spend as much time as possible in nature. Notice the beauty all around. That’s what’s real.
There is nothing wrong with feeling disconnected from the chaos. Why would you choose to be a part of it? Too often there is a tendency to attach to drama to support our trauma. Please don’t feed that fire. F*** the news.
My Mom committed suicide after multiple failed attempts. At 11 I had the privilege of staying home from school to take care of her after Dad found her unresponsive in the car and the ambulance turned around and brought her home because they didn’t want the stigma. It was 1963. I too was raped, twice. I didn’t know either person, I was just walking down the street. Both times in good neighborhoods. I could share more, but none of that identifies who I am. Nor do my trials define me.
Every horrible twist in our life is an opportunity for growth and a deeper understanding of ourselves and others. Compassion is the key. For ourselves and others. I am not a victim. Compassion for myself allows me to have compassion for the brokenness of others. Clearly, there have been broken hurting people in your life. I haven’t survived. I have thrived. I have even more love.
Awareness of what is present
Acceptance that it’s just the way it is
Mindfulness. Being mindful of the things that trigger us and our responses to them. Mindfully raising the narrative towards growth.
Loving Kindness. Beginning with ourself. Be your best friend. Support your growth.
I love to walk the beach and find those broken conch shells in their gorgeous new form often looking like polished tulips. Our beauty lies in our brokenness. Polished by time through the tumult of the seas.
Be that shell! I highly recommend the book by Bruce Lipton, the Biology of belief. If you haven’t tried breathwork please consider. You will learn ways to actually shift from the sympathetic nervous system fight or flight to Parasympathetic rest and digest, literally changing your bodies chemistry. Also Yin yoga is a great practice.
I’m sending you lots of Love and healing light. You’ve got this. Time to thrive. 💜🕊️🌞🍭🌈
Thank you again for your compassionate advice. I am in awe of your bravery. I think of myself as a survivor who is a product of many different experiences in my life. I thrive in some ways but not in every way, and that is okay. I used to exhaust myself fighting to overcome the damage but now I choose to accept myself as I am, damaged and yet content.
Why do you say you accept being damaged? You’re not damaged. You’ve experienced the harder things in life. That mages your special. You’re simply still working through some tough stuff.
When I start to get in my own way I quickly revert to my mantra, Let Go Let Be.
Peace. Please feel free to reach out any time.
I agree. "Damaged" is a label that, when we apply it to ourselves, prevents us from feeling good about ourselves and our lives. There are many labels that, if we apply them to ourselves, can get in the way of feeling good and enjoying life. I recommend the book "Feeling Good The New Mood Therapy" by David D Burns M.D. It is an excellent book for anyone. Especially anyone who has lived through seriously traumatic experiences. I have had seriously traumatic experiences myself and this book, along with the effort that I put into it, helped me to move past them and focus on feeling good and enjoying my life since the early 1980s.
Thank you so much Stacey. I have done a lot of healing. I am a sexual assault survivor more than once too. My recovery groups help me as well. And believe it or not so does being a Political Activist but I have to take mental health breaks frequently as DJT is a trigger for sure. Thanks so much for your kind and compassionate words!! Many Blessings to you!! ❤️🫂🙌🙏🏻🌹
Paula, we will continue praying 🙏 for you in our daily 3pmEST! Hope you're feeling it!!
Thank you Adam - good message - also—- I would love one of your substacks to be about you and how you are different from 7-8 years ago? What has changed - what has stayed the same?
Great advice. WIll do that
This is great advice. Thank you Congressman Kinzinger.
thank YOU
Thank you for today’s message Adam!!!With so much going on lately it’s easy to get depressed!I like the part where you told people to be happy 😃,frosty and feisty!Sounds like you should be all three while you tumble around the washing machine of life and enjoy it!
I meant you should tumble around in the dryer of life too!
Scrub-a-dub-dub!
In the absolute privacy of the voting booth, the members of Congress who are adamant in their vocal support of donald will have the opportunity to unhitch their wagon from his dark star. They can examine their conscience put aside their fear about being voted out of office and put country over party. I fervently hope that they’ll do it. 🇺🇸
AMEN! Thanks Adam. We will keep up the effort, but understand our own personal priorities.
amen to that!
What Tom Brady said makes sense, and I’m proof by discounting what he says because he’s a MAGA.
same
Sometimes when I feel like Atlas, I need to remind myself that I have the power to change that weight into a balloon and let it fly away. Then I can refocus on the most important things. Thanks for this reminder, Adam!
Amen!! Beautifully said!! ❤️🌹
You aptly wrote, “…also know that evil and division never win in the long run.”. It’s the short run that’s before us. Orwells 1984 rings too true. The maga supporters, the sycophants, the angry continue to stir chaos. Lies become truths in their sphere. In the short run democracy tilts and if the supremacists win, aka above-the-law-MAGA wing, the short run takes us down the hole of vindictive autocracy. Yes, in “the long run” it may “never win” but the decade ahead is quite possibly ready to change. I’m not giving up hope but realistically a scary future is forecast. I pray Democracy loving people will vote. There is a bifurcated choice: democracy or chaotic-vindictive-autocracy. Vote values not person if voting for “the person” is too hard. Vote democracy, constitution, law, truth and civility. Adam, your work is so important. You are admired, respected, and appreciated. Keep your strong love of country, democracy, and constitution alive. And hold your sweet family close. Some day, if I live so long, I’ll vote for you as President. I’m an octogenarian with many trips around the sun. I’ve been a leader in public education in a variety of roles. And, I love our country, truth, civility our constitution and our forefathers whose vision for a more perfect union must prevail. I pray democracy wins in the coming election!
Chaos is an opportunity! The whole world is in Chaos so let’s keep cool and give the best of ourselves to fix it, starting with our family life and community that’s the way to do it. 🙏🏻
Lovely post - very touching. I am in a good spot in life. Safe, secure, friends and lots of international travel. My only significant fear is that our democracy may not survive if Trump were elected. You are a shining example of the difference of patriotism versus policy. Thank you for setting the right example for all of our governmental leaders. All the best to you and your family. I am in Houston and hope we can meet personally at an event sometime (know you'r a busy guy!). All the best!
I’m a financial advisor, and many of my clients ask me the same question as was mentioned by Adam. I told them that I really can’t do as much as I would wish about a child starving halfway around the world. I can, however, take care of my family to the highest level of my abilities. That I have done - successfully, and I’ll look a bit farther out there now to help people that need a little help. One man’s journey… Aloha, Mike.
On the nose, Adam. I feel it every day now, and friends keep reminding me to step back and take a mental health break. I spent so much of my life being the one in control, teaching my division, watching over them, dealing with their problems, and holding things together in the chaos that always starts when you least expect it.
Even after being retired for 30 years, I still feel like it is my responsibility to fix the problems.