As I travel to give talks on writing or faith, people in my audiences are filled with doom and confusion, with suppressed rage and the desire for revenge. Or at any rate, I am.

Charles Darwin wrote in a letter to a friend, “But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything.” This may be my favorite quote of all time. And nothing makes me feel this more than the current state of airplane travel. Yet when I arrive somewhere and have a sad, scared audience, I do the deep dive to share what I’m positive will work to restore hope, no matter what, and it helps me.

What might those things be? Love, compassion, laughter and the No Kings rallies are the big-ticket items for me. They reset me briefly, breaking through the mists of defeat and pessimism.

When I mention these wo

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