I think a lot of people feel the way Stephen feels right now. I’m only going to take out a bit and encourage you to read the post in it’s entirety at
I have felt rather disconnected from current events, other than the Olympics and the occasional political news. Today’s comments by a retiring Indiana senator frustrated me a bit. The American people deserve representation in government that will fight for their needs and concerns with conviction and fully rooted in their principles. A “broken” system will never be repaired by those who fail to rise to the challenge of fixing it, opting instead to give up and declare it a lost cause. Doing the work of the American people is never a lost cause.. I would rather see an elected official that I fundamentally disagree with risk his or her own political future fighting against a broken system rather than one I may agree with preemptively end their career because the odds are stacked against reform.
Every day we wake up with a healthy dose of skepticism about whether the “systems” around us are working for or against us. It is really a moot point — our lives go on either way. We can either cope or work to change things.
When Stephen writes, we should all listen. He uses every single word effectively.