What keeps you fighting?

Days like this, I know what keeps me fighting.  The same thing that almost makes me give up.  Global injustice.  Racist killings in Charlottesville.  The provocation and seeming legitimisation of racism and homophobia by mainstream politicians and the gutter press.  A crazy man who is, nominally, the most powerful man on earth.  Sick, disabled and unemployed people in this country being treated like they're the ones responsible for all society's woes - not the people at the top who got us into the mess in the first place with their reckless gambling.

And now we have the big nuclear d**k-swinging contest between Trump and Kim Jong-un.

I saw a trailer last night for the new film 'The Sense of an Ending'.  At the end of the trailer were the words 'Coming Soon'.

How prophetic, I thought.

As Hegel said: The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history.

Martian Tom said:

As Hegel said: The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history.

Can we also say the same about our selves.....are we destined, due to our hard wiring, to repeat the same mistakes, find ourselves in the same situations, facing the same decisions...

We are living in scary and troubling times ....there is allot of uncertainty as we don't know where we are heading or what the final destination will be.

good morning Mr T.

I am a good example of repeating mistakes and not learning from them so unfortunately find this is so for me. But maybe now we know why we are like we are we may have a chance to change that. I do hope so. Otherwise the future is even more scary. I will continue with one day at a time... 

Thanks, Misfit!  I'm not very good at speaking up for myself.  But at least, where I'm going to work soon, they specialise in autism - so there should be much greater understanding.  They have an on-site behavioural therapist, too.

I'm glad to say my days with the 'If you shout loud enough, they'll soon take notice' school of 'care' are far behind me.

Sadly there is a lot of ignorance about so many things and an unwillingness to learn. Your clients are very lucky to have you in their corner and maybe by example your colleagues might learn not to do that.  

Yes, it is exhausting.  Even people who ought to know better still don't always 'get' it.  The number of times I've had to have words with fellow carers who continue to reprimand autistic people for behaving autistically.  You get things like 'Yes... I understand that she's autistic.  But she still has to learn.'  I want to say back 'And so do you!'

Yes I am well thank you. Looking forward to going out to lunch and flask after with my dad and sister. Yes I so heartily agree with you that our combined efforts of thoughts, experiences and things we find out to share have given me more hope than anything else during the last few months. It's the one place I have found where you say something and immediately someone on the forum knows what you mean. It's so exhausting trying to justify and explain myself all the time so I gave up. Take care too. 

'The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts and the stupid ones are full of confidence.'

Charles Bukowki

There's a Bukowski quote for all occasions!

I can't remember the quote word for word but it along the lines that the problem is that intelligent people think too much, and stupid people not enough...

Keep close everyone and have a good day.....!

hi misfit your post popped up after I posted, hope you are well? I think we are all learning so much being here.we are good at analysing everything therefore our combined efforts are better than any counsellor or professional for finding answers.take care.

hi misfit your post popped up after I posted, hope you are well? I think we are all learning so much being here.we are good at analysing everything therefore our combined efforts are better than any counsellor or professional for finding answers.take care.

Thanks, Misfit!  I'm not very good at speaking up for myself.  But at least, where I'm going to work soon, they specialise in autism - so there should be much greater understanding.  They have an on-site behavioural therapist, too.

I'm glad to say my days with the 'If you shout loud enough, they'll soon take notice' school of 'care' are far behind me.

Sadly there is a lot of ignorance about so many things and an unwillingness to learn. Your clients are very lucky to have you in their corner and maybe by example your colleagues might learn not to do that.  

Yes, it is exhausting.  Even people who ought to know better still don't always 'get' it.  The number of times I've had to have words with fellow carers who continue to reprimand autistic people for behaving autistically.  You get things like 'Yes... I understand that she's autistic.  But she still has to learn.'  I want to say back 'And so do you!'

Yes I am well thank you. Looking forward to going out to lunch and flask after with my dad and sister. Yes I so heartily agree with you that our combined efforts of thoughts, experiences and things we find out to share have given me more hope than anything else during the last few months. It's the one place I have found where you say something and immediately someone on the forum knows what you mean. It's so exhausting trying to justify and explain myself all the time so I gave up. Take care too. 

'The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts and the stupid ones are full of confidence.'

Charles Bukowki

There's a Bukowski quote for all occasions!

I can't remember the quote word for word but it along the lines that the problem is that intelligent people think too much, and stupid people not enough...

Keep close everyone and have a good day.....!