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Don’t fret about what you can’t do anything about.

Do what you can do in your own small space of self, community, your own three square feet. Consider your choices. DO what you can do. This is not nothing.

Stop scrolling. Just stop. Stop.

Breathe. Walk.

Read something made of paper. Listen to the sound of each page turning.

Think about what you just read.

Read a cook book and realize all the food in the world. Make some.

Find a window to look out of. Paint, write, sing, dance what you see. Send the painting to a friend.

Befriend a tree or a rock and if the weather allows, stick around a while, see if it befriends you back.

Find the sun, turn your face to it, eyes closed, heart open. Send it thanks. Not just on the solstice.

If you can breathe, walk, read, cook, write, sing, dance, paint, are near rocks and trees, if you are relatively healthy, safe, and comfortable, and if the sun occasionally shines, especially then, kiss the ground.

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