Some memes

to the world around me, perhaps locally as in my family members, my peers, my coworkers and my friends, but the world in general? IMHO, i do what i can and realize where i am powerless, in this arena. on the national front and the sh!t-show that is politics today, i have many opinions, some of them rather divisive. today i do not have the DESIRE to run around as if my hair is on fire, screaming about the sky falling, as i sit back and watch the antics of my elected officials and start to evaluate who will be getting my vote, the next time i go to the polls. once upon a time, i would have been telling everyone how wrong everything is, how wrong they were to facilitate a rise to power and how they NEEDED to wake up, get smarter and stop being such tools of a political party. unless one happens to be willing to clean toilets, pick strawberries or shovel cow manure in a milking barn, one might wish to rethink their stance on immigrants and a “big, beautiful” wall along the southern border of our fair nation. if one is willing to accept dozens of innocents being mowed down by assault weapons, just because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, yell about the 2nd amendment. the fact of the matter is, no matter which side i am on, in any of those issues, there are certainly consequences for my opinion ending up being expressed into the law and policy of the land. i can allow all of that external noise to affect my calm, or i can accept what i cannot change and hammer home the the things that i can change. for me, i have tools these days, to allow myself the FREEDOM to let go and yes, when the storm-troopers start marching into my neighborhood, i may be grateful that some of my neighbors have a weapon or two because they fully exercised their second amendment rights.
i want to be clear here, i am not cold and uncaring about transpires for political action these days. nor am i immune to the daily misdeeds, by those that have been elected to represent me. the fact of the matter is, i do care, i do pay attention and i just do not let those antics get under my skin. in all honesty, i am not going to use because our president cannot keep his member in his pants and pays off a porn star or three to keep it on the down-low. i am far more concerned about the last social conservative gasp, that is attempting to roll-back the tolerance and equality for all citizens, that has arisen in the past ten years. i am not sure how history will view their opinions or mine, in the long run and it does not matter. here is where i do have a bit of power. by being welcoming, discarding the stereotypes created by my prejudice and bias, i can be an example of tolerance. when i become tolerant, even of those who believe that their religious beliefs should be the law of the land, i achieve some peace and balance in my life. when i become more caring on a local level, my hope is that care extends out and helps create a little bit kinder world for all. yeah i know, it is what it is. just for today, i can let go of the “alternative truths” that come out of Ms Huckakbee's mouth and be okay knowing that i can be honest myself and have very little to cover up, obfuscate or attempt to make disappear into the bit bucket. it is a great day to find some peace in doing the best i can.

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