How to be a Contemplative in Today’s Political Climate

I was speaking recently with one of my Patreon supporters (Patreon is a crowdfunding program to support writers, bloggers, musicians, etc. This blog is made possible by the generous people who support it through Patreon).

She asked me a blunt question.

How do you do it? How do you, as someone who writes about contemplation, respond to the political moment that we find ourselves in?

Such an important and vital query, and not one easily answered!

When I first started this blog (almost 20 years ago...