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Meh:
There are war videos of people dying. There are photos of real horror. It’s not on MSM news.

It is a horror movie come to life. Bickering politicians and celebrities means nothing at all.

There are photos of dead soldiers, there are maimed civilians slowly dying on the ground.

There are people blown up and they look like hamburger. It’s terrible.

Hopalong:
The images don't leave my mind, Mouse. Thank you for expressing
the anguished rage. It's right.

I know what is happening, as much as an ordinary person can.
Just not the outcome. I'm calibrating how much horror/heartbreak I can take in daily. Need to maintain mental health and sanity as best I can. The big forces aren't
worrying about that; we're on our own for our own equilibrium.

I don't pretend or go lalalaaaa. I'm not in denial. I truly do fear
for civilization and the future, but while I can, I'll still grasp on
to small human affirmative moments. Crows (animals), friends, and
kindness. These are things that can't be taken away. And in the short
term, I use distraction to calm myself.

Victor Frankl's book, Man's Search for Meaning, is helpful now.

hugs
Hops

PS  How are you doing and how are you coping with what's happening?

Meh:

I just get the feeling that Americans aren't totally realizing how messed up this stuff is. How China is linked.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10579901/Pro-Putin-politicians-influencers-wear-clothes-bearing-letter-Z.html

I'm sorry to say it but a scholar/ fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution has posted information that are basically genocide spreadsheets. Russians have lists of people to kill who are their opposition. I know you know that but it's very surreal to be following all of this.

Putin sees this war as a war against 'The West' not just about Ukraine.

I think it's horrifying.

Meh:
I'm just absolutely fucking horrified.

I sent one photo to a friend that had some deaths in it not too explicit but it was clear.

She said: I much prefer the cute Japan picture. This one is horrific but it really makes you realize people are dying over there. 

Hopalong:
Me too, Mouse. Also horrified.
I was beginning to unravel around the edges, that's the only reason I retreated to watching escapist stuff. I dip in to the latest atrocities, dip out to distraction again. No other way.

I am not made of the mighty courage so many have. I am too sensitive to face it all, all at once. Unfortunately.

Russia's kill lists are par for the course. Glad they've escaped into the daylight so maybe some of his targets can evade the ... polonium umbrellas? Hit squads?

I will put my fear into the soil, which can absorb and process it. Then I'll plant sunflowers in the nutritious soil circle my dead tree left behind. Seeds are on their way.

hugs
Hops

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