How I’m Turning Rage Into Resilience
Profit is my protest. Art is my ammunition. Beauty is how I remember I’m still here.
Let me be clear:
I’m angry. Enraged.
The “Big Bitter Betrayal” bill passed the House, and with it, another brutal reminder that the systems we were taught to trust are not designed to serve us.
Not our families.
Not our communities.
Not even our most basic needs.
And yes—while the world burns, I’m here talking about beauty.
About art. About prosperity. About freedom. Because that, too, is protest.
One thing I know for sure:
I cannot feel prosperous if I’m not surrounded by beauty.
Natural beauty—like the view from my deck that reminds me I am held by something far greater.
And artistic beauty—the paintings and prints and treasures layered across every flat surface of my home.
I joke that if it can hold something, it holds art.
But the truth is: it holds me.
Because prosperity, for me, has never just been about income.
It’s about aliveness. It’s about being rooted. Expressed. Nourished. Resourced. So I can be a force for change—not a casualty of the chaos.
And this is where resilience lives.
Not in pushing through.
Not in numbing out.
But in building a life that holds you tenderly, fiercely, and fully—even when the world doesn’t.
When I say that profit is my protest, I mean this:
I will not let systems designed to deplete me define what I deserve.
I will not wait for permission to thrive.
I will not collapse into hopelessness just because the headlines are heavy.
Instead—I will build. I will teach others to build. I will name prosperity on my own terms and help you name yours.
In Shaneh’s World we’ll break the rules of “traditional” business.
We’ll define what prosperity means to US. What it looks like. What it feels like.
And we’ll build businesses that don’t just survive the times—they weapons-grade thrive through them.
Profit is my protest.
Art is my ammunition.
Beauty is my rebellion.
Resilience is my revolution.
And building a prosperous life?
That might be the most radical thing you can do right now.
Let’s open the conversation:
What does prosperity as protest look like for you?
What beauty holds you steady when the world feels wild?
What has resilience looked like in your life lately?
Song of the Day: Change on the Rise by Avi Kaplan