Donald Trump
drives me fucking crazy. Republicans
drive me fucking crazy.
I don’t know
why it should bother me because the whole human race is nuts. People make up religions and then go to war
over their imaginary gods. Political parties dupe followers and encourage
hate and dissent for opposing ideas. Whites look down on people of color; blacks
are disgusted by white people; Indians don’t like Eskimos; Eskimos don’t like
Indians, and neither like white or black people. The list of human shortcomings and prejudices
is unending.
This is the
world we live in. This is who we
are. Yet, we claim to be intelligent
creatures. But when we appraise that
statement we see we are intelligent only because we define ourselves as
such.
You only
need to look at a Trump rally to view the face of the real human race. An intelligent species? I think not.
I have
always said that if you wanted to see a microcosm of the human race you
should watch unsupervised children on an elementary playground. There is a hierarchy with a bully at the
top, toadies, untouchables; small cliques and then the people at the bottom of
the food chain. It is an intimidating world
that kids must learn to maneuver.
Think of the
Trump Presidency. It is an adult version
of the elementary playground.
So, what can
we do?
We can cut out
the chaos and be mindful in our daily life.
We can realize that we are living in an adult version of an elementary
playground; but as adults we can change the things in our life that are causing
us stress and accept those things we can not change. We can be mindful of the small pleasures and
beauty around us. We can meditate to
help focus our minds.
We must
realize that humans are a destructive, deadly, egocentric species. That will
never change; but as adults we can choose to live outside that chaos as much as
possible.
the Ol’Buzzard
