As I was (sorta) saying at the end of class last night…

"Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember nothing stays the same for long, not even pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go." —May Sarton, who died on Jy 16 in 1995*

(But "sit it out" does NOT mean becoming apathetic or disengaged. Early voting, for instance, has started. Do what you can, then accept what you cannot change and trust that a new season will come. That's Stoic Pragmatism.)  

*https://www.threads.net/@reboomer/post/C9e-rWRpoIu/?xmt=AQGzEco-0jWEFDOF2W6TgMxsx7cHudZ129AuNDdll8wsVA