Hang On Tight

(2025)If you follow political news on the daily, you'll find yourself wide-eyed at the edge of your seat stuck on a roller coaster under a dramatic and dangerous regime. We have unofficial people, including teens, gaining access to our treasury department, trade wars, the dismantling of the constitution, proposals to seize control of the Gaza strip, plane crashes, bigotry, and basically the literal destruction of whole US government sectors, one by one, including the Department of Education. Our democratic constitutional republic potentially moving toward an autocracy or an oligarchy. It's alarming to think about what our country will resemble in a few months - a year - four years? Each hour of every day is filled to the brim with activity - issues that might be resolved within the week or ones that might reach a more critical point in that period. It's tough to gauge sometimes. One thing is for sure though, this political climate is leaving us all with our heads spinning.

But admist the ups and downs of the ride, I remain hopeful. That good people will outshine the bad. That nefarious orders by evil people; on the ground in real-time will be transformed into good by the people. That like any roller-coaster ride, it's not all doom if you open your eyes - metaphorically and literally. The media's aim is to keep us hooked daily, and to achieve that goal they must conjure fear and emotion and how effortless for them with our phones at our hips. Because of this I'm reminded that, if you can, it's important to ignore the noise sometimes. Elon who? I'm also reminded of Mr. Rogers quoting his mother's words "Look for the helpers" when he'd witness scary things in the news as a little boy. When I look around, I see good actions by compassionate people. Right now, It's a delicate balance between staying informed, taking action, and disengaging for peace of mind.

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