It’s morning in America after the 2024 Presidential election, and I’m aware that there’s a lot of suffering among my fellow citizens. I find myself feeling a sense of peace and hope, and it’s not because my “team won” the election. To my own profound surprise, I think I found a win for myself that I want to share. I don’t know that it’ll be widely helpful, but if it’s helpful to anyone, I want to put it out there.

Yesterday, on reading an article in TIME magazine, I thought about how deeply U.S. politics has hurt the majority of our citizens. TIME reported that leading up to the election, about 70 percent of people were stressed about the election. People everywhere thought that we all might be on the verge of moving away from our most important values. It had gotten to the point where many thought the election might result in the death of a hard-won system of Democracy. About 40 percent were thinking seriously about moving to another country, depending on the outcome of the election.

After dinner, my husband and I turned on the news and watched for perhaps 20 or 30 minutes. After that time, we both felt such an acute anxiety that we........

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