We live in very overwhelming times, and with the internet and social media, every single event is magnified and multiplied with differing opinions and intentions put forward, each as truth.

It’s easy to want to tune out. It’s easy to become overwhelmed. It’s easy to become confused.

In Dr. Stein’s essay Unconfusing Our Confusion, he offers us this advice to be able balance out all the confusing messages we’ve bombarded with:

“Learn new non-political things, new games that will keep your brain in shape, and remember what you can be grateful for. Then get back to a part of the news cycle you can manage, be careful of your chosen sources, and do your part to repair the world.”

Dr. Stein’s essay https://drgeraldstein.blog/2026/01/11/unconfusing-our-confusion/#comment-39833

There’s a barrage of negatives that get thrown at us daily, from multiple events and then multiple sources who keep multiplying the information, to the point that if we are trying to follow it we become overwhelmed and then tune it out. It’s almost as though this is the intent. Create a populace so ready from hearing and seeing that they tune out and then allow “others” to handle everything.

Personally, I try to keep a very light finger on the pulse of what’s going on without doing deep dives into all the opinions and articles written on it. Am I copping out of my responsibility as a citizen? Perhaps. However, my mental health needs to be given a primary consideration, so I have learned not to become emotionally attached to every single event, and certainly not to every single opinion put out by every single pundit.

Times have changed dramatically from our youth (us older folks that is) when there were far fewer sources of information, no internet and every person who had a soapbox to stand on wouldn’t be treated like a demigod. We live in a time of information overload, and this seems to empower some to become part of the headlines. It’s the old FOMO or Fear of Missing Out.

Dr. Stein’s advice is wise. The parameters he suggests are the ones I try to live by, for I recognize that I am a puny human who can be broken if I’m not careful, so I take care. Having been broken in my past, a few times, I know how hard it is to put one’s self back together again.

Another piece of helpful advice is to become an encourager. Was it Mr. Rogers who recommended it? No, he had said to look for he helpers, and better yet, to become one. It is something I try to do, both with people online and in person.

Look for people’s strengths and support those, instead of seeking out the weaknesses or flaws. A few gentle words of encouragement lift someone else and may give them the strength they need to keep going.

It’s easy to find flaws and tear people down. We see a lot of that happening, almost as though being seen as a badass makes them a superior person. Are they really though? Nope.

Much harder is offering people support and encouragement, without seeking constant credit or applause. Seeing when someone is down or struggling and offering them supportive words is a skill to be mastered. Reminding them of their strengths when they have forgotten them is empowering.

We don’t need to solve everyone’s problems, we can be the encouragers, the supportive people who see others when they feel invisible and puny. We can help others find their strength and will to lift themselves up to keep going.

When I was broken, the people who saw my brokenness and didn’t judge me, but instead offered supportive words of “I know you can do this” or “I believe in you” helped me, for they gave me their strength when I needed it by seeing something in me that I wasn’t seeing in that moment. I didn’t receive pity or judgement, instead I received the nourishment of quiet support. I held onto their words, repeating them to myself like a mantra until I became stronger and healed my damaged areas.

Becoming an encourager and a helper can have far reaching impact into the lives of others. If one chooses this path, it would be hypocritical to react with anger in person or online, for that anger, while it may feel righteous to express it in the moment, can end up having an outward ripple effect of continuing the anger cycle which ends up creating more and more damage.

The best way to grow as a person is to become an encourager and a supportive person when others are down and don’t see their worth. Remind them of the good in them, remind them of past triumphs, remind them of past successes, for these things help turn a heart towards the positive path. Even saying “I know you can do this” or “I believe in you” can give some momentary strength.

I know you want to do this! I know you want to be the kind of person who is seen as an encourager, someone who sees people when they feel at their most unseen and unworthy. You’ve got this!

• …all that will have really mattered is how we treated each other!
• Abundance flows
• Admire other people’s beauty without questioning your own. Let other people live their truth without it threatening yours.
• A person’s most beautiful asset is a heart full of love, an ear ready to listen and a hand willing to help others!
• Always remember just how rare you are!
• Be an encourager. Telling people they have wonderful wings won’t take away your ability to fly.
• Because Being KIND is AWESOME!
• Being kind is something!
• Be kind in spite if what is thrown at you!
• Be the reason someone believes!
• Breathe, be slow to anger!
• Choose to see the good stuff!
• Don’t shine to be seen, shine so that others can see the way.
• Every act of kindness is a piece of love we leave behind.
• Give whatever you can. Wherever you can. Whenever you can.
• Give yourself some love!

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