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Margaret Bennett's avatar

Yes to all of this. Thank you Petra. It’s so hard to focus and I’ve been finding it harder to write, but I’m determined to keep showing up. Take care.

Petra Khashoggi's avatar

Thank you, Margaret. Showing up is half the battle!

Rick's avatar

Thank you, Petra, for what reads as a homily, tightly written, tightly observed. If I may add another p-word to your stack: poignant as we seem on the verge of launching a Holy Week invasion of Iran that will surely cause many deaths, dismemberments, injuries, and anguish, not to mention economic warfare and catastrophe.

Your essays are crafted and thought-out so much more than “the Persian excursion.”

I wish you had less material to sculpt.

Adele's avatar

This has prompted me to do the same. I feel so anxious now with social media that I think I just need to delete-which will give me my pause and hopeful reset. Happy, peaceful Easter ❤️

Kimberly Warner's avatar

No Gods protest! Sign me up. Enjoy the pause, springtime calls and there’s no better way to celebrate it than offline. 💚🌸

Petra Khashoggi's avatar

Absolutely! Thank you, Kimberly. See you in NYC soon!

Cici Sullivan's avatar

This is the perfect post for these times. I am always asking where and how to find meaning and grounding in a world full of chaos and contradictions. Sigh.

Francis F's avatar

I feel exactly the same Petra, I keep burying my head in the sand, it’s all hard to deal with. Xx

Sharon Joslyn's avatar

Happy Easter to you Petra, I think many of us can relate. Enjoy the pause/paws.

Petra Khashoggi's avatar

Thanks so much, Sharon, and for the restack. Happy Easter to you too!

The pause is over now but the paws are forever 🐾💛

RG she/her's avatar

Lovely to read this Petra. Peace to you x

Petra Khashoggi's avatar

And to you 🤍

Jen St. Germain's avatar

Sad, wise words and observations. Have a good, disconnected week, Petra.

Petra Khashoggi's avatar

Thank you, Jen.

Wendy Varley's avatar

Amen to this, Petra! Woke early and reading as I listen to birdsong.

Petra Khashoggi's avatar

How lovely. Paying attention to the simple things we so often overlook or disregard is nurturing to the soul. Thanks for commenting, Wendy.

Mary Conley's avatar

Beautifully put. Pause. Paws. Peace. Pray.

Petra Khashoggi's avatar

Yes. That last word especially.

Kelly Bunch's avatar

Dogs are the best. Hegseth is the worst. (a poem)

Petra Khashoggi's avatar

So good and SO true!

michael george mclaughlin's avatar

If there are no dogs in heaven, I'm not going.