Help is available to overcome anger, fear
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Editor,
Addressing the recent report from the Labor Department on jobs, Robert Reich wrote recently for Common Dreams.org, “The last time we had anything of this scale was in the 1930s. The last time we did anything about this on the scale necessary to reverse the trend was in the 1930s and 1940s. It is not that America is out of ideas, We know what to do... The problem is lack of political will to do it. The naysayers, deficit hawks, government-haters and Social Darwinists who don’t have a clue what to do would rather do nothing. We are paralyzed.”
And this brings me right to my very point. We are paralyzed by fear. And this fear starts with each of us right in our own environments. It affects our relationships, our health, our ability to think correctly, our ability to act wisely, and it feeds our addictive tendencies. It spreads like a wave and is certainly affecting our entire political system. Greed, you know, is simply an aspect of fear. And we are a nation in the clutches of greed.
The first big step is beginning to recognize and accept our own fears. They often get covered over with anger in its many forms and the myriad of everyday things which press in upon us. We do become paralyzed. And it’s a really big step just saying, hey, maybe there is something to this anger that I should look at. That’s a start. And there are many, many ways and people available to us, if we just reach out, start looking around and asking for help from those we trust.
Here is just one example: there is a local group of veterans having a weekly talking circle forum called The Flathead Reservation Veterans Talking Circle. This provides an opportunity for veterans, families and the public to deal with the post-traumatic stress experienced by veterans. And that is surely fear-based. This group is announced in local papers regularly.
Help is always available. There is nothing quite as devastating to a person and those near and dear as when one is experiencing, hanging onto, and acting out damaging emotions.
Bob McClellan
Polson
