For those of us who follow politics closely, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the despair of watching solutions, or at least progress, ignored in favour of political posturing.
But in reality, impatience more adequately describes our feelings than actual despair. Change is happening. We just want it to happen quicker.
There are times when we go backwards, our GHG emissions being one, and there will always be challenges to address, but overall, the world is a better place than it was, we know more, and our lives are infinitely better in most respects. Not all – but certainly most.
Life is an attitude. Stuff is going to go wrong. Sometimes you will make the wrong decision. Sometimes disaster strikes through no fault of your own. Sometimes, others let you down. And pain along the way is unavoidable.
Those are the times when you need support to help you find the resilience to get back up, dust yourself off, and start again.
My wonderful girlfriends have a saying – “shit happens, deal with it.” But dealing with it has involved loving support for each other, understanding and forgiveness, and teamwork when needed. It is a relationship built on honesty, trust and respect which allows criticism and welcomes advice.
We have to start electing people who understand this.
Our government is pretending it is a business but it picks favourites in how it rewards its shareholders. It is pretending to be our protector by exaggerating fear rather than offering reassurance. It is reacting to problems rather than anticipating and preventing them. It is using Treasury to bolster its political fortunes rather than address the needs of the people.
Any relationship that is built solely on money (with a solid dose of fear and manipulation thrown in for good measure) is not healthy and unlikely to last. If you only talk about the economy, you forget the people and the environment they live in.
So rather than despairing about this seemingly interminable regression in politics, we must support our fellow Australians to leave this abusive relationship.
And the really good part is, you just have to vote for people who care more about you than money.
Shit happens, but together we can vote them out.
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