Well, this is just an opinion but for the past few days and even weeks, I have had time to think about this. You know the random questions and thoughts that creep into your mind and then somehow negativity creeps into our body?
There are many things we can do to make our legislators act on our behalf but let’s face it, it should not consume us to the point of making us ill.
I have suffered with allergies and high blood pressure and all sorts of things lately and adding to the misery of what so and so did and did not do is not helping me or anybody else. Yes, I have a saying, “Just do it”. Well, we are not suppose to over do it. We have. I have. I am beginning to just shut down the news that I obsessively watched from Hardball to 11th Hour and for what? For the talking heads to remind me we are where we are and something has to be done? I am beginning to believe we are addicted to this reality show and it is making us very ill. We have to be strong and not overwhelmed.
Remember when we used to not know a thing about the workings of our government? Yes, there were many of us who did not have a clue except those taught in civics. We have always had liars and always had bullies and money changers and cowards and thieves and the ultra rich trying to make the downtrodden even moreso. We just were not addicted to the ongoing problems. I mean we had the Guiding Light and As the World Turns. and Bonanza. (partly snark).
I can remember a time when life was a lot less complicated and yet we are still here. In the sixties we had so many problems and every generation there have been astronomical problems for not all the people but too many. We still did not worry and obsess about them. We didn’t bang our heads against a wall and scream, “I can’t take this anymore”. I will admit that I think things have gotten much worse but I also question that when we were happier, was it because we just did not know or people could more in a content state striving to make things better in their own way. They socialized and were not so consumed with fear and loathing.
I saw a 108 year old woman on the local news today say, “It doesn’t matter how long you live”, if you are not living daily. How many of us and it includes me, worry over gaining too many lbs and then stressing to take it off. Eat...quit worrying….at least in moderation.
How many of us will get something fixated in our minds and can’t shake it..a fear? A worry? This is robbing our lives, people. I will have to admit I was a much happier person when I didn’t know how awful people and government could be. I don’t want to hide in the sand but I don’t want to bury myself in the ongoing problems we find ourselves in. We sent legislators to statehouses to take on the problems that overwhelm us. They are supposed to be doing their jobs. We have to show up and vote. Unless, we want an all out revolution, it’s time to start living our lives as best we can and quit trying to think of how we can stop greed and corruption because individually, we cannot, unless we have inside access. We can sign petitions and make phone calls and let it go. I have been unable to do that. Have you?
I read last night where one poor Kossack was ready to return to drinking after years of sobriety. What good is all this doing? I am beginning to hate responsibility as far as worrying about what I eat, how I look, stressing over every little ache and pain when I should be reading a good book, watching a good movie or trying something new and I need to clear my mind more and stretch these old muscles and bones and keep abreast of what is happening but stop all this nonsense of bitchin and moaning about the ills of this orange man and his minions. I am beginning to think cray cray is contagious. We need to calm down and look at our lives and live them as best we can because all this stress and unhappiness is not good for us. It just isn’t. I am beginning to think they are trying to kill us off one mindless distraction at a time. It is in my opinion to point and laugh at them and say, “ It won’t work...you can’t get rid of my well being that fast with your gaslighting”. Misery loves company and that bunch in DC are the most miserable people known to man, I believe. Let’s encourage our representatives to do their jobs and in the meantime remember the old saying…
Prayer for Serenity God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference
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My two cents worth on my thinking today.