I stole these...
...but they pretty much sum up my thinking.
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Poetry Sunday: Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver
How about we share another Mary Oliver poem? After all, you can never have too many of those. In this one, the poet seems to acknowledge that it is often hard to simply live in and enjoy the moment, perhaps because we are afraid it can't last. She urges us to give in to that moment and fully experience the joy. Although "much can never be redeemed, still, life has some possibility left." Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is no...
It is going to get very ugly. I can’t imagine being an immigrant right now, legal or otherwise.
ReplyDeleteYou would think that a president and vice-president both of whom are married to immigrants might have a bit more compassion. You would be wrong.
DeleteYou have to laugh - or at least, try to.
ReplyDeleteIt's getting harder.
DeleteIt's going to be a circus show with Trump in office.
ReplyDeleteI think that pretty well defines it.
DeleteH. L. Mencken is believed to be the person who said, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people." And it was (maybe) Juvenal who said, "Give them bread and circuses" to the Roman population who were not interested anymore in political involvement.
ReplyDeleteBoth very wise men who could have been speaking of the modern U.S.A.
DeleteI am doing my best to stay away from the news (hard to do online). It's the only way I will be able to maintain my sanity.
ReplyDeleteI feel that I need to be informed but you are right to worry about maintaining one's sanity under the onslaught of such news.
DeleteThe economy and all the people who flooded the border. I have herad that so many times. For now I try hard to avoid the news although I can't, so to speak, hide my head in the sand forever. We are in for rough times.
ReplyDeleteI live close enough to the border that I think I would have noticed a flood. It didn't happen - just normal traffic. And I'm afraid you are right about what is in store for us. One can only hope that those who voted for this will be the ones most adversely affected!
DeleteThese cartoons hit the nail. I still can't get over the election. It's like waking up to a terrible reality every day. I've been a news junkie most of my adult life -- but I can't stomach it now. I fear for the country greatly.
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