Plan on more anxiety

I had a conversation with a bright woman who runs an important and successful community theatre. She had invited a group supporting a state referendum measure to use the facility for their mission advocating for a particular vote. Another user of the facility was offended and angered. She called the decision "inappropriate". My friend was managing her own disappointment at the reaction but remained confident of her decision on behalf of activism. Later, I wrote her an email, a portion of which stated, "The sabotage and resistance you get to this sort of thing has absolutely nothing to do with the correctness of your decision. It has everything to do with the current state of peoples’ anxieties. Expect this condition to worsen around you before it gets better. Anxiety inviting phenomena are growing around us. Your best response is to remain confident enough of your position so that you refuse to enter into others’ fears about whatever they are fearful about".
Things are scarey. They're getting scarier. Resist the powerful pull to join others in their deepening anxieites about their lives.