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November 5, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sunday Reflections: Where Have All the Sunday Reflections Gone?

November 5, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS   2 comments

Every Sunday morning I wake up and think, what will I write about today? But for the last few weeks, I keep coming up blank.

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No, that’s not exactly right. I don’t keep coming up blank. I keep coming up with so many issues that we need, or that I want, to talk about that I feel overwhelmed. I can’t figure out how to pinpoint where to start, where to focus my energy.

Sexual assault, the assaults on women’s bodily autonomy and healthcare, a walking back of ADA protections, tax cuts, corruption, health care, education . . . to name just a few of the many issues that have been weighing heavily on my mind. I literally can’t figure out what – or how – to talk about these things. Which one is the most pressing? Well, they all are.

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Politically, it feels like we are in chaos. A few corrupt and selfishly motivated individuals have taken hold of the reigns and they are leading us into a downward spiral that will have long term effects. I wake up every morning and look at my children and my heart beats faster: what kind of world are we creating for them? Spoiler alert: It’s not good and it won’t be for a really long time unless we start holding them accountable now.

Early this morning I woke up and saw a fun little game on Twitter: Now type “I died” and let your Predictive Keyboard write your epitaph, it said. So I did.

This is what came up:

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It seemed a little to on the nose, quite frankly.

So this is my shallow attempt at getting back into writing my Sunday Reflections. No promises, the world is really still very overwhelming.

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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  1. Martha Bisek says

    November 5, 2017 at 2:48 pm

    Karen, I don’t really know what’s going on in your life, but even though the world is overwhelming today, know that there are so, so many people out there that love you, believe in kindness and are doing the right thing for our kids, our families and our country.

    “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” A. A. Milne

    Find someone to talk to, and live it up a little today!

    MB

  2. Jess says

    November 6, 2017 at 4:01 am

    Me, I died for the last night LOL. Booooring!

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