Someone recently left this comment on my Facebook page:
I just feel like signing petitions, protesting, voting, etc. is getting us no where right now…the news is pretty doggone depressing…
She feels frustrated with the old methods of helping the world. To her mind, change is not happening fast enough. The danger here is that she and we could interpret our frustration as telling us that nothing will work the way we want it to. Maybe we should give up.
But that is not the message of frustration. The message of frustration is not to stop trying. The excellent message of frustration is to try differently.
Frustration is a a gift that tells us that another path or method may work better. Frustration is our call to innovate. Frustration is our call to find that path.
So find it!!