impotence

You're not going to change the world. None of us are. That's not given to us to be able to do, not us, nor anyone else, not even chiefs of state. What we can do is control our own lives and live accordingly. The rest of the country and the world is going to go on evolving as massive, chaotic entities do. It makes as much sense to get angry about politics and society as it does to get mad about weather fronts and storms. You have about the same amount of influence on either of them: essentially none. So stop taking it all so seriously. Life is for discovering the pleasures and joys of things, and for living with passion. What are you doing today to live with a little more joy and passion? What vocation have you found for yourself, and how can you make it a little bit more fun and interesting to get better at that today? Live frugally, be a good friend and family member to other people. Get skills. Learn a new language. Get healthy and strong. Aim to develop yourself into a modern version of a Daniel Boone/Davy Crockett-style frontiersman: smart, not needing much material stuff to flourish, skilled, mobile. Then you're ready for whatever comes, and you're enjoying life as you go, which is the point. If you did nothing more than get yourself in excellent, lean, muscular health, and learned to enjoy living on very little money, you would be well set for enjoying life and anything that comes. When in doubt, act. Act bold and unknown forces will come to your aid. Every little blow against the enemy's fortress will eventually amount to victory. A great, angry, determined wave of energy is building. In the proper time, it will appear on its own…and it doesn't need you or me or anyone else to do so, either.