How much to disengage for self care while not falling into the abyss of ignorance, and how to make a difference, even if just a ripple, hoping it will spread. These are questions/answers and balance that one must ask of and answer for themselves. I quoted this Somerset Maugham passage from The Razor's Edge in my last post.

“It may be that if I lead the life I’ve planned for myself it may affect others; the effect may be no greater than the ripple caused by a stone thrown in a pond, but one ripple causes another, and that one a third; it’s just possible that a few people will see that my way of life offers happiness and peace, and that they in their turn will teach what they have learned to others.”

The not paywalled post (not paywalling is how I'm maintaining my serenity during the MPP fiasco) is https://medium.com/catharsis-chronicles/restoring-sanity-individually-and-collectively-2a9b67ee83c3 subtitled "Everyone has the freedom and the power to exercise their free will and make beneficial ripples in the fabric of our lives"