LIVE as an act of resistance

There are days when the world feels like it’s unraveling: more outrage, more grief, more fear with every headline. It’s hard to stay vertical when democracy, truth, kindness, the natural world, all the supports we depend upon, are under attack. It’s no wonder so many of us are exhausted, asking How do I keep going?

And yet – day by day, we keep waking up, making ready, and returning to the fray, resisting the inner voices of fatigue and fear, the outer voices of domination and depletion. Tuning in to the stubborn core that insists in the face of all odds, “I will not die even if they kill me.” *

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But we cannot survive by ignoring the pain of the world, or the pain of our souls.

We cannot be human and live in denial, pretending it’s not there. But to live fully, to care for ourselves and others, despite all the obstacles, all the temptations to despair, we must choose to LIVE, dammit.

Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl wrote:

“Ultimately (we) should not ask what the meaning of Life is,
but rather must recognize that it is (we) who are asked.
In a word, each is questioned by Life, and we can only answer to Life
by answering for our own life.”

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Step by step, we build our resources.

If we’re stubborn, determined, resourceful, and lucky…
If we have established our spiritual foundation and allies…
If we’ve built a well-stocked psychological toolbox…
If we have family, friends, therapists, or healers with us…

We survive.

And with each storm, we gain something: a new tool, a new truth, a new practice. Wisdom.

Michael Meade wrote:

“Something deep in the human soul awakens as things fall apart.
Something in the soul knows that everything in this world can become lost.
And something in the soul knows how to survive periods of devastation, disorientation, and loss.”

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That’s where LIVEdammit comes in.

This is a space for the stubborn, determined, weary souls who refuse to give up, even in the face of forces that would extinguish life within and without.

Here, you’ll find inspiration, tools, and practices to help you carry on. Stories from others who faced the impossible and came through – not by hardening or becoming less human, but by reaching into their deepest humanity.

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Start with your thinking.

Much of the chaos around us, the hatred, violence, greed, is driven by distorted thinking and twisted beliefs dressed up as truth.

And those same distortions creep into our own minds. Messages from media, family, culture, and trauma
can plant and reinforce thinking traps:

I’m not enough.
Things will never change.
If I’d only —— things would be different.
I’m alone.

To reclaim our future, we have to start by reclaiming our minds.

Roadmap to Re-Aliving is a free 5-day email course to help you spot and break free from five of the most common, most spirit-crushing thinking traps.

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You don’t have to do this alone.

Choose to LIVE, dammit.

Take the first step now.

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* Giovanni Guareschi, The Little World of Don Camillo.