{"id":1832,"date":"2016-12-09T00:09:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T05:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2016-12-09T00:13:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T05:13:30","slug":"its-time-to-come-together-again-and-work-on-a-common-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1832","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time to Come Together Again and Work on a Common Future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"fred-first\"<\/a>Fred First is a friend of mine who who writes about nature and other matters of great importance and was responsible for my wife and I finding this community of Floyd, Virginia.<\/p>\n

He and I voted for different presidential candidates and we have been politically estranged for some time, mostly because we trust different different news sources.<\/p>\n

He sent me an article today and asked my opinion about it. Reading this article gave me an entirely new perspective of how Fred and I and many others can work together in harmony to create a future where we can all benefit.<\/p>\n

I humbly offer this article to you for your consideration:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Election: Of Hate, Grief, and a New Story | Charles Eisenstein<\/a><\/div>\n
This essay has been translated into German as well as Spanish and French. Normal is coming unhinged. For the last eight years it has been possible for most people\u2026<\/div>\n
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charleseisenstein.net<\/div>\n

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\"david-st-lawrence\"<\/a>This passage from the essay was very real to me and I will do my best to follow it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Next time you post on line, check your words to see if they smuggle in some form of hate: dehumanization, snark, belittling, derision.., some invitation to us versus them. “<\/span><\/p>\n

It is time to discover our capacity for empathy. The article provides some helpful guidelines for those are tired of being upset and want to begin a new story that explains the way of the world and our place in it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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