White Hot Helpless Rage

I’m boiling over with anger and feeling helpless as I watch the news. Our government is doing little to nothing to help and prepare for the oncoming storm. But then I see people and companies step up to donate respirators and ventilators and masks and I feel reassured by American people. Not by our government. But by individuals making decisions for the common good. I feel helpless at home working on new business. Who am I helping? Of course I am staying home but there has to be more than I can do. How can we use our gifts and tools in advertising to inspire brands to take action to provide support? The deaths have already started here and more are coming and based on the policy is we are not flattening any curves. This will not stop. I don’t know what to do with my rage. At home yoga and meditation leaves me feeling futile and privileged. Maybe I selfishly want to help to get myself purpose something to focus on a way to expel this emotion and energy. That’s fine. That’s fine if this is selfish. Let me be selfish and God help me come up with a creative way to help people. Because what I’m doing doesn’t feel like enough. I know I’m not the only one feeling this way. I know we all want to help. Someone just re-posted my article and that made me feel good in a small way. I wrote an article for Campaign today about what it’s like to face the unknown while working from home and all the emotions that come with it. It made me feel like something. Like I’m doing something maybe. That gives me purpose.