“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” -Lilly Pulitzer
Every day the news is filled with horrors, fear fostered upon us by a media that feeds off of our terror and negative attention. Prognostications of worst-case scenarios and evil.
Ignore it because you can’t do anything about a bad person a world away, and giving part of your precious headspace or life to this is robbery most foul for they steal your time and joy.
Yes, there are issues with the world, but your life is not able to change almost any of them. Do not let the rain in Spain fall on your parade locally, nor the actions of a madman in another city prevent you from being rational and doing what you can in your own home and neighborhood.
Yes, there is going to be some impact to your world whether it is from commodity prices or tax rates or regulations. This has gone on since the dawn of civilization and will continue to happen until the end of humanity, which contrary to the doomsayers is not imminent. Things beyond our understanding or control is natural; doing what we can to survive and thrive in it is human.
It is spring. The world is awakening from winter, the days are lengthening and the sky brightening, The birds will sing, regardless of how the politicians chirp. The ice is melting and soon there will be green shoots and flowers, even if there is some rainy days or cold nights along the way.