The longer I work in psychiatry, the more & more I'm reminded that poverty is one of the most harmful factors (if not the most harmful factor) affecting peoples' mental health.
Quit obsessing over productivity. We’re in the middle of an international health crisis and domestic unrest. If you didn’t instigate a violent coup or infect somebody, consider today to have been a success.
Jesus talked a lot about how we should identify ourselves. He said it wouldn’t be what we said we believed or all the good we hoped to do someday. He said we would identify ourselves simply by how we loved people.
Love isn’t something we fall into; love is someone we become.
Right now the women&men in Congress behind me are finalizing a Relief Bill...I’m sorry, but any bill that does not address—with urgency—the millions of Americans going hungry is not enough. I know is complex...But food on the table is not negotiable. We must do better in January!
A Space Force.
But $600 to aid people during a pandemic.
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." #MLK
I won't minimize the challenges or dangers before us. But I believe America is more broken in politics than in heart. There's ugliness and hate - systemic and historical. But I think we can find common ground on important issues if we could get tribal politics out of the way.
Try to do something this week to help someone else in a way that has nothing to do with politics. It will make you feel better. And it will be a small but measurable step in helping heal our world.
Instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.
The irony is:
The more successful these public health measures are
The more people will say it was all blown out of proportion.
To my colleagues in public health: I see you & greatly appreciate your service.
#COVID19
Be kind. Help where you can. Support those at the front line of our societies. And listen to the experts!
If you use this as an opportunity to mock or oppress your opponents then that really shows your true worth.
Ignore the hate and ignorance. We're in this together.
#COVID19
"Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor.” Marianne Williamson