Thursday, October 19, 2017
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Many of us feel insane right now because our world is not sane. Current events are very much at odds with our natural optimism, and our belief in human goodness and progress.
We find ourselves in a darkening political climate in which corruption, hatred, exclusion, and paranoia are prominent.
Our anxious minds are caught in the dissonance between our belief in progress and our current political hellscape.
Our President is delusional, lying, or ignorant; disastrous climate change and war with North Korea loom; marginalized people in our society are suffering.
In response to our current nightmare, we can wish it were different and stay miserable, or we can accept our new world. To be clear, this does not mean condoning what happened. It simply means coming to terms with what is, and with what we cannot control.
Don’t allow his Tweets to play over and over in your mind. If you read them, register them as insane, and move on to the next moment. Even better, pay little attention to his stunts. Don’t waste your energy getting riled up. Once we fully accept that Trump does evil, unhinged things (strategic lying, degrading/exploiting people) because he is evil and unhinged, we can get beyond his antics, anticipate them, and have a clear mind to plan our next move.
Read entire article HERE.
Thanks Tom!
Post-15322...
Friday morning Jerry and I are leaving the house at the unnatural hour of 5:00am to catch a flight to New York so we can attend his aunt's 100th birthday celebration on Saturday. After only two days there we'll wing our way to Nebraska to visit my brother and take care of some loose ends relating to mom's estate. We'll be there for only four days and then it's back home. I've schedule a little something for each day we'll be gone.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
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