mum's cooking a lamb roast

[tielan]

Edited, because pressed the wrong button and ended up posting it early.

I'm not even sure the coupla Aussies reading this will remember that ad but...

Yesterday, I spent a good portion of the day cooking a lamb roast. Spuds, honey carrots, green beans with butter, and the roast itself. Most of it was for the local 'soup kitchen and pantry' - a bunch of locals from churches, school groups, and community groups provide meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the community are encouraged to donate goods.

Action is something to do in the face of helplessness. I can't stop wars, I can't stop military armaments, I can't change court decisions, or hearts set in antagonism and fear.

I can cook meals and donate goods. I can write letters to my MP (even if he's conservative to his toenails, and unlikely to listen; I'm pretty sure I'm already a 'pest' in his books for my postcards regarding refugees). I can listen. I can offer pragmatic advice (which a whole bunch of people will interpret badly, because: people). I can vote in my own elections and counter bad narratives among the people I hang out with.

It's pretty much all any of us can ever do towards hope. A little bit of action, a little bit of movement, all of us pushing together in (roughly) the same direction.

Comments

[lilysea]

the Naomi Watts/Tom Cruise ad? I remember that ad!

[tielan]

Dat's the bunny!

And then a couple of years later, he marries Kidman...

[timespirt]

I'm still hoping that What is going on politic wise in my country is a dream and not the nightmare I know it will be. As you said, all one can do is serve and hope it works out.

[beatrice_otter]

It's always good to do the things you can.

[gingicat]

Yes, this.

[adafrog]

*nods*