Adversity is an opportunity for greatness. That weight is heavy, I know. And you struggle beneath it, trying to keep it from crushing you. Let that weight make you stronger, so when you overcome it, you rise to greater heights.

Terrible people control so much right now, and it's incredibly discouraging and isolating. And the covid panic only adds to that. But let me tell you what I do.

I work with the public. I manage a diverse staff with wildly different backgrounds, providing unappreciated service to a broad range of people. I see black lives matter and George floyd shirts and masks many times a day. I've faced people that have threatened my life and called me any number of terrible things for not aiding them in breaking the law.

Political discussion is not allowed from myself or my staff, no matter what the public might say to us. And that has taught me much. I don't mention Trump or Biden. I talk about hope and caring and unity. I tell people about good that has come from Trump's leadership, but not that it is his doing. And do you know what happens?

People come back, and they say things like..."I was inspired by what you had to say about (whatever topic they brought up). So I looked into it more. Did you know that Trump..." And on it goes from there. Next thing I know, black or brown or white, wealthy, middle class or poor, they begin to preach to me about Trump. And all I ever gave them was a little leadership based rhetoric... and a little hope.

The day might come that we have to cross other lines, cross those lines or die. But for every insane, purple-haired denizen of the infinite gendered echo chamber, there are tens of thousands who have only lost hope. Can you blame them, after the terrible leaders the nation has had for so long?

But they are not beyond hope. The world is not beyond hope. So don't let yourself become trapped in a cage of hopelessness, either. Overcome, and rise above it.

Adversity is an opportunity for greatness. That weight is heavy, I know. And you struggle beneath it, trying to keep it from crushing you. Let that weight make your stronger, so when you overcome it, you rise to greater heights.

Terrible people control so much right now, and it's incredibly discouraging and isolating. And the covid panic only adds to that. But let me tell you what I do.

I work with the public. I manage a diverse staff with wildly different backgrounds, providing unappreciated service to a broad range of people. I see black lives matter and George floyd shirts and masks many times a day. I've faced people that have threatened my life and called me any number of terrible things for not aiding them in breaking the law.

Political discussion is not allowed from myself or my staff, no matter what the public might say to us. And that has taught me much. I don't mention Trump or Biden. I talk about hope and caring and unity. I tell people about good that has come from Trump's leadership, but not that it is his doing. And do you know what happens?

People come back, and they say things like..."I was inspired by what you had to say about (whatever topic they brought up). So I looked into it more. Did you know that Trump..." And on it goes from there. Next thing I know, black or brown or white, wealthy, middle class or poor, they begin to preach to me about Trump. And all I ever gave them was a little leadership based rhetoric... and a little hope.

The day might come that we have to cross other lines, cross those lines or die. But for every insane, purple-haired denizen of the infinite gendered echo chamber, there are tens of thousands who have only lost hope. Can you blame them, after the terrible leaders the nation has had for so long?

But they are not beyond hope. The world is not beyond hope. So don't let yourself become trapped in a cage of hopelessness, either. Overcome, and rise above it.