There have been times in the last few months that I have wanted to sit here and write about what is happening to our country, to our state, to our community, to our souls. But there isn't really anything to say that isn't full of anger, fear, animosity, selfishness. To lament what is going on seems indulgent at best and useless. What difference will it make? None. Why bother discussing something that is so out of control, so blatantly evil? What can one person say that isn't as negative and as depressing as the reality of POTUS.
But then. Then I think that we MUST talk about it because we must acknowledge what is happening and face it, just on the very small chance that there is someone out there who might have an idea of how to curb this violence of the United States.
We all read the headlines in whatever news sources we rely upon. Most of us skip the articles because the headlines are enough of a lesson in futility and panic. We wonder if banding together, protesting on the national days of protest can stimulate change. Maybe the change isn't going to grow out of these protests but the simple act of coming together with like-minded people for an hour or two can help cancel the feeling of isolation these current times have created. Coming together, waving a sign, chanting a protest mantra, at least it is doing something with someone. It isn't sitting alone on the couch, reading trashy novels and watching ridiculous television to block out the reality of the world. Connection does help, at least for the moment.
If there are any answers out there, any course of action that can instigate change, we need to find them and find them quickly, before every state and county and city and community is locked down and turned into a police state.
Sorry for the depressing tone here, but these are depressing times. Thanks for reading.
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