
butterfly in herbs
I don’t trust the incoming President of the United States, nor the people he is likely to appoint to his cabinet, nor the Republicans already in Congress who supported him, nor those Republicans who didn’t support him but were re-elected anyway, not the person he will try to appoint to the Supreme Court, and possibly not even the person he will hire to walk his dog assuming he decides to have one in the White House — I don’t trust any of these people to look out for my best interests as a human being let alone as a citizen of the United States and of the world. So what am I supposed to do as a human being, as a citizen of the United States and of the world?
It is rather despicable to see the likes of Mitch McConnel and Paul Ryan on stage stating that as soon as Trump is officially President they will work to repeal the Affordable Care Act (why not work to fix its problems and expand what works?), cut taxes (for whom or what?), confirm conservative judges (why not find the best judges?), shrink government programs (which ones and why?) and roll back regulations (for whom and why?). They speak only to removing and wiping away President Obama’s legacy — they speak not a word about how they will unite a clearly divided country, provide support to people of all races and socio-economic backgrounds whether at the federal level or by supporting state governments to do work at the ground level. There is no acknowledgement, nor will there ever be I suspect, of how the Republicans chose to purposefully roadblock Obama every chance they could, and that roadblocking had absolutely nothing to do with the best interests of the American people. It was to prove a point, to hammer it home, at the expense of the American people.
I will not pull out the race card, immigration, fear of “the other.” Van Jones did that eloquently enough.
To some degree the issues that divide this nation are the issues that have been present since the founding of this nation – race, class, gender, fear, hope, desire and so on. There especially seems to be a universal anxiety about the future. If there are those who are not anxious then I wonder what bubble they live in. Somehow or other, we have been able over time, and sometimes bloodily so, to overcome if not outright address these issues. But these issues, a part of our human nature, do not ever fade away.
I will continue to mull over what I will do positively to move forward as a human being and citizen of the United States and of the world. I personally do not feel a desire to wrap myself inside a cocoon until a better day arrives. Today is all we have. I will continue to celebrate what has made this country great all along, to seek out its beauty with my camera, to share the stories of its people, past and present, and those who strive to become part of its future, and I will make a greater effort to be an active citizen. I’m never going into politics, but I am reinvigorated to go knocking at the door of those who serve the people at the local level and to ask them, what are you going to do?
Oh Cynthia I thought I was maybe cried out yesterday, but you’ve started me up again. I keep trying to remember that we are many also, and reading your eloquent piece is good for that. Thank you.
There are many of us out here who share your thoughts and feelings about the state of the union. We can all do our part no matter how small to Minimize the damage and bring this country back to where we believe it should be.
Well said Cynthia!
Reminds me of the healer and prophet, Edgar Cayce, 1877-1945.
“The reverse of love, is suffering, hate, malice, injustice.”
“Patience, love, kindness, gentleness, long-suffering, brotherly love…of themselves bring peace.”
“Few does power not destroy.”
“Love healeth the wounded; it binds up the broken hearted; it makes understandings where differences have arisen. For God is love!”
exerts taken from, The Edgar Cayce Companion, compiled by B. Ernest Frejer.
Amen! And no, you won’t bury your head in a cocoon. Like your picture you’re more the butterfly flying above the fray. Clear heads must prevail! XO, Laura
Thank you for this, very much. Let us be peace, and let us peacefully but firmly stand up and speak out for justice and love.