We Need to Change the Narrative... Desperately...

The narrative: "A spoken or written account of connected events; a story." Need to change the narrative. Personally. Nationally. Politically. Socially. Culturally. And we must recognize that "everything is connected." So it's a wild, robust, overstuffed, multi-leveled, multi-faceted story, or maybe it's a multitude of interlocking, interconnected stories. Some come with a classic narrative arc, some are short and inconclusive, some are quite odd, experimental. There is sense and nonsense mixed up together.

The prevailing narrative is too disconcerting. We are all living a PSTD existence: 

"a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, like combat, a natural disaster, a car accident, or sexual assault. It's normal to have upsetting memories, feel on edge, or have trouble sleeping after this type of event. At first, it may be hard to do normal daily activities, like go to work, go to school, or spend time with people you care about."

Right. That pretty much describes everyone I know. When do we all realize that we are ill? When do we all realize that we need help? Maybe this is the new normal? 

We tell each other everything is going to hell. Everything is getting worse. People are shits. They only care about money, and they are just trying to elbow their way past the next guy. Everyone is corrupt and rotten. And anyone with any spark of light or goodness will be crushed and turned. What's the point of hoping in the land of hopelessness?

That's the narrative we need to change. Desperately. We need some new stories. We need to unplug from the madness. We need to change the channel, or no, better yet, throw the fucking TV out the window.  We need to retreat to silence. Seek out new voices. Look for signs of intelligence in the Universe. The signs? The wonders? They are out there, or who knows, maybe in here... somewhere...