Trestles and a sense of frustration

I spoke to a few friends who were at the hearings

in Del Mar on Monday, once again, opposing the

ill thought out toll road proposal.  They were very

frustrated and feeling somewhat hopeless.  Seemed

to them that these hearings were structured in a way 

that gave proponents of the toll road the upper hand.

Hum...a large corporate, money making entity getting

special treatment and being given the upper hand by the

government.  Sound familiar?  It should on a day that

congress is debating a trillion dollar bailout for large,

corporate, money making entities on Wall Street while

everyday people struggle with mortgages, the high cost

of living, and growing fears about their jobs.

What about us?  What about all the volunteers who took

off from work and gave of their time and energy to try

to stop the destruction of the last remaining open space

beach park, with a world class wave, in So Cal?  No one

paid for them to be there...unlike the orange shirted,

union construction workers in attendance.  What about the

thousands of people who surf Trestles or enjoy the park every

day?

Seems that there is a growing sense amongst many these days

that they, as everyday people, don't matter.  That sense of

frustration leads to hopelessness, depression, despair, and

anxiety about the future. I see it in my office daily. I even hear 

about it in the line-up these days.

How do you cope with those feelings? What action(s) do you 

choose to take to cope with the stressors in your life? Seems that

the best we all can do is take control of the things we can control.

Are you???