We& #39;d better be getting to the point in the story where things suddenly start to get better because I honestly don& #39;t know how many more plot twists of awful any of us can take. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📖" title="Open book" aria-label="Emoji: Open book">

I& #39;m a naturally happy and optimistic person, but I& #39;m feeling really weighted down by the state of the world right now. I honestly thought that the world would be so much better by the time I reached midlife, but it& #39;s not. And I& #39;m running out of patience and time. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⏰" title="Alarm clock" aria-label="Emoji: Alarm clock">

To try to keep myself from tumbling into a pit of despair, I& #39;ve been reading a lot of books with messages of hope. I& #39;m going to share a few highlights in this thread. And I& #39;ll continue to add to this thread over time. (I& #39;m doing this as much for me as for you.) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Seedling" aria-label="Emoji: Seedling">

"Truth has a power of its own. Art has a power of its own. When you combine the power of truth and the power of art, you have something that at some point becomes unstoppable." - Howard Zinn

"A small change creates more change, and that creates more, and then there is no going back." - Kathleen Dean Moore