5 Calls Can Help

Maybe you’re feeling as I do, in somewhat of a liminal state. That place between this and that. That space between the jump off and the landing. A feeling of being unmoored, perhaps in danger, but how can we tell?

A liminal state can be kind of exciting for adrenaline fans, kind of frightening for the already-anxious.

What I am defining as a liminal state is the current condition  of affairs in the United States of America. In the words of an old song, are we going ninety miles an hour down a dead end street?

Too many changes, too quickly, with questionable hands at the wheel, decisions seeming rash, abrupt, reckless?

Maybe you even voted for the man at the top, but never expected such quick and extreme actions in such a variety of directions, as if the latest hurry-up is intended to distract us from our worry over previous decisions. 

For sure, it’s a way to paralyze voters. If we don’t like something that is happening, what are we to do? Wait to see if the next uprooting is even more upsettling. Or the one after that? Or the one after that? Will we act in time?

Well, I’m done with being paralyzed. And you can be, too. A friend told me about an “app” that lets me register my thoughts immediately with elected officials, the only people who can help—besides the courts.

Here’s the app. It’s name is 5 Calls. It identifies current issues that may concern you and me, and (once you’ve entered a ZIP code) you receive names of your federal representatives and how to connect to their offices. It provides–should you feel the
need–sample comments you can use or incorporate with your own content. You can also do this online. Here’s a link to the 5 Calls web site.

As far as I can see, this puts decision-making into the hands of the people affected–exactly where it belongs.