For a few months leading up to the election and after being scammed online went I went to Google to find technical help for a YouTube problem and found a scammer instead, my IBS acted up severely and my insides were in turmoil. When the unbelievable happened I decided to stop watching MS NBC and political pundits on YouTube. It didn't take long for my insides to calm down and to stop taking anti-anxiety medication. At 84 I don't want to spend my "golden" years in knots and will concentrate on spreading smiles and good will. That's the best my body will let me do.
Isabel, I sympathize, and thank you for your guidance about listening to one's body. It's responding to your wish not to spend your future tied in knots. How much do we have to comply with technology? Just today a receptionist told me I had to fill in my information on my phone, so she sat there while I filled in the blanks. She said there was no other way. Really??
Thanks Deda. During the run up to the election the displays on lawns, on trucks was just so appalling and even threatening. It made me think about blind loyalty versus reasoned support. I did (do) love Kamala, and for that matter, Joe, but I do not worship them. Your postcard reminded me of how I feel about saying the Pledge of Allegiance; I have made peace with that and I pledge to the America of my understanding.
Your comparison is especially apt for the visuals and also because, as I understand it, during the middle ages there was great attention paid to codes of loyalty. I need to go back and study more history and I wish others would.
Loyalty! Right after 9/11 it seemed that if you didn't display an American flag on your car., you were somehow un-American. But now I think that if enough people resist such pressure together in an organized way, that can have real power. You bring up an important subject. Thank you.
I hear you sisters! These are some very tough times. HCR is my news rock!
Blue Sky looks very promising. I read a few “gentle truth tellers” (my term) on Substack. When reading I closely monitor my feelings and abandon reading when overwhelm steps in. News reading was a big part of my life. I feel such loss, in so many ways.
Brenda, I wonder if part of what we miss is holding a newspaper in our hands! There's so much to think about when it comes to the news and media in general. Thank you for suggesting Blue Sky, which I've just looked at!
I'm with you, Deda. I am only consuming HCR and Robert Hubbell and occasionally Joyce Vance. The second portion of Hubbell's posting today was particularly helpful to me.
I agree with you about HCR, and I'm going to look at Robert Hubbell and Joyce Vance now. HCR always seems to end with a positive "onward" feeling, no matter what. Thank you for your comment.
For a few months leading up to the election and after being scammed online went I went to Google to find technical help for a YouTube problem and found a scammer instead, my IBS acted up severely and my insides were in turmoil. When the unbelievable happened I decided to stop watching MS NBC and political pundits on YouTube. It didn't take long for my insides to calm down and to stop taking anti-anxiety medication. At 84 I don't want to spend my "golden" years in knots and will concentrate on spreading smiles and good will. That's the best my body will let me do.
Isabel, I sympathize, and thank you for your guidance about listening to one's body. It's responding to your wish not to spend your future tied in knots. How much do we have to comply with technology? Just today a receptionist told me I had to fill in my information on my phone, so she sat there while I filled in the blanks. She said there was no other way. Really??
Thanks Deda. During the run up to the election the displays on lawns, on trucks was just so appalling and even threatening. It made me think about blind loyalty versus reasoned support. I did (do) love Kamala, and for that matter, Joe, but I do not worship them. Your postcard reminded me of how I feel about saying the Pledge of Allegiance; I have made peace with that and I pledge to the America of my understanding.
Your comparison is especially apt for the visuals and also because, as I understand it, during the middle ages there was great attention paid to codes of loyalty. I need to go back and study more history and I wish others would.
Thanks for encouraging me to think.
Loyalty! Right after 9/11 it seemed that if you didn't display an American flag on your car., you were somehow un-American. But now I think that if enough people resist such pressure together in an organized way, that can have real power. You bring up an important subject. Thank you.
I hear you sisters! These are some very tough times. HCR is my news rock!
Blue Sky looks very promising. I read a few “gentle truth tellers” (my term) on Substack. When reading I closely monitor my feelings and abandon reading when overwhelm steps in. News reading was a big part of my life. I feel such loss, in so many ways.
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Brenda, I wonder if part of what we miss is holding a newspaper in our hands! There's so much to think about when it comes to the news and media in general. Thank you for suggesting Blue Sky, which I've just looked at!
I’m remembering the smell of the newspaper and my father’s snores behind it! Thanks.
I'm with you, Deda. I am only consuming HCR and Robert Hubbell and occasionally Joyce Vance. The second portion of Hubbell's posting today was particularly helpful to me.
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done
I agree with you about HCR, and I'm going to look at Robert Hubbell and Joyce Vance now. HCR always seems to end with a positive "onward" feeling, no matter what. Thank you for your comment.
I very much appreciate your astute insights, Deda, and I can identify with Isabel. We must persevere as best we can.
Linda, I misread your word "persevere" as "preserve" - a revealing slip! Thank you for your comment.