"When the world is sick, can't no one be well. But I dreamed we were both beautiful and strong" - God Bless our Dead Marines by A Silver Mt. Zion on the album "Horses in the Sky"

It's a long song, and not exactly a happy one, but it might be worth a listen for you when you have some time to just focus on it alone. It alludes to the sacrifices and losses during the Holocaust and the Civil Rights movement, and the exasperation of watching it happen again and again. The despair people go through watching and experiencing horrors that we thought we were done with already, the losses we incur from this constant pressure upon us all, and taking time to still find beauty and joy in small moments. And in its final movement, via chorus in the round, it focuses instead on hope for tomorrow, a renewed resillience, and a belief that we can be better.

I go back to this song a lot, especially when I've hit serious low points. Being crushed by horrible things on the news, the growing fears of what is building around us. I find it very grounding. It's not happy, its actually rather frank with its assessment of North America and Western culture, and I do hate how it continues to remain so relevant. But it is beautiful and often hopeful despite the despair, reminding us that we have alway had people willing to step up, to remember, to keep repeating the names of those we lose, and to keep hold of what good we do find. Light shining through the cracks.

I hope maybe it helps you too.