what to do next

some wise words from our friend Robert Benson:

"Some of my friends have been wondering what to do next

 after the disappointing news from the election…

Here is what I think we do:

Get up in the morning and give our thanks for a new day and

make our prayers as we have always done.

Be sure to take a few minutes to be kind and generous and

present to those with whom we share house and home.

Go to the place where we do the work to which we have been given,

the work we do for those who have been given to us.

Pick up the brush or the pen or the pencil, take up the keyboard

or the telephone or the podium, make the drawings or the charts or

the plans, manage the miles or the meetings or the mail necessary

 to do it as well as we can—with as much courage and hope and

mindfulness and confidence and joy as we can muster.

Work to become more present and attentive and generous

to those who are different from us.

Go home when the day ends. Be grateful for a roof to be under and

for food to eat and for the loving care that surrounds us on every side.

When the darkness comes, make our confessions and offer our prayers

of gratitude and petition. Lie down to rest, hoping to the

One Who Made Us that the One Who Made Us will once again say,

"Let there be light." Go to sleep, die the little death we die each day,

and do so in peace.

This is the work that has been given us to do.

The Light will shine in the darkness and

the Darkness will never overcome it.

There is no call to stop believing it or

living it simply because the skies may be grey for a bit."