I swear to Christ and all the saints, if a zoo announced they had a brand new genuine live baby unicorn, some of you would say “Whatever, it’ll probably grow up to be MAGA.”
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Not me, I would just ask you which airport had that surprisingly small number of people you encountered after visiting restroom. And btw, while we're on subject, which exactly restroom?
I would love to go and see baby unicorn.
(Sorry neurodiverse, i.e. I will never forget your portal travel)
You HAVE to celebrate good things. Even if they’re tiny and fragile and may blow away. In fact, you have to celebrate the fragile ones EVEN HARDER because who knows how many chances you get?
If you constantly think how it will all go wrong, if every triumph is met with “but…” you will burn out.
And fine, I get it, many of us have wild anxiety and live in a constant state of “but…” In which case? Consider not anxiety-dumping on other people’s joy!
I know you can do it, because if someone’s cancer goes into remission, you don’t say “Whatever, it’ll probably come back.”
Reminded of this: "I was tired of having the Cause constantly thrown in my face. I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal should demand denial of life and joy. Our Cause could not expect me to behave as a nun. If it meant that, I did not want it." - Emma Goldman
Every year there's more awareness and participation in the native plant movement. Things are changing for the better in that regard. There's real, viable hope here! Consumers can make a massive difference here just by consuming differently.
I'm struggling a lot to celebrate the small victories myself but I will absolutely not take any of that from anyone else. I can't understand why anyone would.
I love this thread, and I wish people would realize how important this is to take the small victories as victories. It's also important to realize that big victories take time to build up to.
I think of negative replies as propagating misery -> spreading misery to everyone they contact. Been thinking the concept would make an interesting cartoon.
And also if we don’t celebrate the small wins how are we going to even GET to the bigger ones? A lot of big wins are preceded by a bunch of small ones.
I’m not likely to win a marathon if just I go into one without ever doing any training and expecting the big win to land in my lap, etc.
I liken it to tiny cracks leaking trickles of water through the dam of bigotry/marginalization, violence, pollution, poverty, etc. Get enough trickles going & the dam will crack & you can carve out a canyon. So when I spot good news or culture/art that makes the Right scream, I go, ooh, a trickle!
100%! That's not toxic positively and celebrating the wins doesn't impede further growth or future improvements. Like, who hurt you that you have to rain on someone else's parade?
i always feel like the way Ed corrected Digger about whether it was good or evil that was typically done without reason permanently changed me for the better
I think it's rad as hell and am glad you talked about it for what that's worth! But also I'm thankful right now that I don't have an audience to deal with... It's easier to assume the best when the worst isn't yelling at me over every little thing
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I would love to go and see baby unicorn.
(Sorry neurodiverse, i.e. I will never forget your portal travel)
Green chillies and baby unicorn sounds like a bliss.
If you constantly think how it will all go wrong, if every triumph is met with “but…” you will burn out.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING."
I know you can do it, because if someone’s cancer goes into remission, you don’t say “Whatever, it’ll probably come back.”
If we are not allowed to feel any joy, what are we even fighting so hard for?
And I get that it’s hard, but it’s important.
I’m not likely to win a marathon if just I go into one without ever doing any training and expecting the big win to land in my lap, etc.