It is all so overwhelming so, like you, I choose to keep doing what I’m doing, look after and look out for those close to me and hope they do so too. That way, love, honesty and integrity can grow and spread and hopefully outweigh the weight of depressing, hate filled spread of egotistical dickheads x
Amen to that! Thank you so much, taking care of each other and focusing on love really does feel like the way forward. Really grateful for you and your positive comments every week ❤️
Thank you so much for this--and for you morning after note! It helped to know that the rest of the world feels some of our pain, though I don't know if anyone else can feel the shame that many of us feel. This is OUR country? Woah, what have we not been seeing or noticing? Or perhaps didn't want to know. I grew up in a Trump era environment in the 50s in the Midwest, so in a way I've been inoculated. I know too well what living in repression, racism, misogyny, feels like. Unlike many of my friends, both times I sensed he would win because that repressed world is part of what I know. I--and millions of others--believed that the era of the sixties and seventies had chased away some or much of the repressed and controlling rules and laws, and for awhile, it seemed we had. Not that it didn't exist, but new laws and protections were made and many of us benefited from having a choice. Getting our own credit cards, and having more of a place at the table. But this? We choke on it, and there is fear and dread. But I too, as many have written about by now a week later--has it only been a week?--surrendered all the way back into my life of writing, reading, and avoiding more than 5-10 minutes of "news" each day. The election fired me up to write about finding myself as a young woman back in the era when it was about discovery personally and globally. I get a lot more done without the TV! Thank you for the solidarity and I pray and hope for the best with Ukraine, dreading what wild and crazy rulers might do next. Blessings to you and your joyous creativity! You light us all up!
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences, I'm so sorry this has happened and trust me, there is so much solidarity this side of the pond. The rise of the far right is a global issue and it felt so poignant yesterday on Remembrance Day/ Veterans Day. I'm sending you so much love ❤️
On Wednesday I mostly wallowed in the pain, then joined neighbors around a fire pit after dark, where we shared some bourbon and feelings and kept a lid on bursts of fury or hysteria. Went into the world Friday, where I noticed that smiles given and received were only half-hearted; where I heard my husband yell loudly at a driver about to back into us, and later at one running the stop sign in front of our house. Felt better at the farmers' market yesterday until stepping into the street after the nearby driver had motioned me to cross, only to see a car coming from the opposite direction seemingly gunning for me! My husband stepped into the lane and the guy slowed down. Gulp.
Everyday brings new knowledge and feelings; an absolute roller coaster of emotions: good and bad, but overall, I'm getting stronger, recovering equilibrium, reaching out to and spending time with more people; and furiously cleaning my house! Also meditating more, continuing daily yoga and piano practices, and getting outside.
I can't change what is outside of me, but I can change ME. I can learn to love myself unconditionally knowing that the love will seep from me into the world. Baby steps. Preparing for a future I cannot fathom that I hope will be tempered due to the work that you and I and others like us are doing to prevent the worst. Loving ourselves and those around us, no matter who they are.
Bright realization from your great outpouring today: You too are left-handed (writing away in your hammock)! Lefties united!
This is such a moving response, thank you. I wish I could have been around that fire pit with you. Thank you so much for sharing so rawly and honestly, I'm so glad my outpouring helped a bit and I'm sending you so much love, my fellow lefty! ❤️
It is all so overwhelming so, like you, I choose to keep doing what I’m doing, look after and look out for those close to me and hope they do so too. That way, love, honesty and integrity can grow and spread and hopefully outweigh the weight of depressing, hate filled spread of egotistical dickheads x
Amen to that! Thank you so much, taking care of each other and focusing on love really does feel like the way forward. Really grateful for you and your positive comments every week ❤️
Thank you so much for this--and for you morning after note! It helped to know that the rest of the world feels some of our pain, though I don't know if anyone else can feel the shame that many of us feel. This is OUR country? Woah, what have we not been seeing or noticing? Or perhaps didn't want to know. I grew up in a Trump era environment in the 50s in the Midwest, so in a way I've been inoculated. I know too well what living in repression, racism, misogyny, feels like. Unlike many of my friends, both times I sensed he would win because that repressed world is part of what I know. I--and millions of others--believed that the era of the sixties and seventies had chased away some or much of the repressed and controlling rules and laws, and for awhile, it seemed we had. Not that it didn't exist, but new laws and protections were made and many of us benefited from having a choice. Getting our own credit cards, and having more of a place at the table. But this? We choke on it, and there is fear and dread. But I too, as many have written about by now a week later--has it only been a week?--surrendered all the way back into my life of writing, reading, and avoiding more than 5-10 minutes of "news" each day. The election fired me up to write about finding myself as a young woman back in the era when it was about discovery personally and globally. I get a lot more done without the TV! Thank you for the solidarity and I pray and hope for the best with Ukraine, dreading what wild and crazy rulers might do next. Blessings to you and your joyous creativity! You light us all up!
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences, I'm so sorry this has happened and trust me, there is so much solidarity this side of the pond. The rise of the far right is a global issue and it felt so poignant yesterday on Remembrance Day/ Veterans Day. I'm sending you so much love ❤️
On Wednesday I mostly wallowed in the pain, then joined neighbors around a fire pit after dark, where we shared some bourbon and feelings and kept a lid on bursts of fury or hysteria. Went into the world Friday, where I noticed that smiles given and received were only half-hearted; where I heard my husband yell loudly at a driver about to back into us, and later at one running the stop sign in front of our house. Felt better at the farmers' market yesterday until stepping into the street after the nearby driver had motioned me to cross, only to see a car coming from the opposite direction seemingly gunning for me! My husband stepped into the lane and the guy slowed down. Gulp.
Everyday brings new knowledge and feelings; an absolute roller coaster of emotions: good and bad, but overall, I'm getting stronger, recovering equilibrium, reaching out to and spending time with more people; and furiously cleaning my house! Also meditating more, continuing daily yoga and piano practices, and getting outside.
I can't change what is outside of me, but I can change ME. I can learn to love myself unconditionally knowing that the love will seep from me into the world. Baby steps. Preparing for a future I cannot fathom that I hope will be tempered due to the work that you and I and others like us are doing to prevent the worst. Loving ourselves and those around us, no matter who they are.
Bright realization from your great outpouring today: You too are left-handed (writing away in your hammock)! Lefties united!
This is such a moving response, thank you. I wish I could have been around that fire pit with you. Thank you so much for sharing so rawly and honestly, I'm so glad my outpouring helped a bit and I'm sending you so much love, my fellow lefty! ❤️