Be Part of the Solution

     I am going to ask you to please be especially aware during this government temper tantrum. Be aware there are people who are panicking about how to pay the mortgage or face foreclosure. Families stressing over how to pay for the necessities like food or medications. Some are looking for part-time employment, just to get by, but are being told no because no one knows when they’ll be called back to their “regular” job.

     Local food banks are being stretched to the limit. Everyone donates during the holidays but the current need has just skyrocketed. Food banks are running at a deficit. No one should have to go hungry in this country, for any reason. What’s happening is shameful. Shameful is a word we don’t hear much anymore.  Shame is: the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another. There are a lot of “others” behaving shamefully these days. 

     It’s always good to remember, when you point a finger of blame at another, there are at least three fingers pointing back at you. Blame has always seemed like a waste of time. To me, it’s just a way to procrastinate instead of doing something to try to fix the problem. Donate to a food bank or organize a food drive at your church or school. There isn’t a lot you can do to pay a mortgage but helping with food will free up a diminishing budget in favor of the mortgage or medications.

     If you are looking for people in government to understand, I wonder why. Persons who run for office by definition are helped by already being wealthy. To mount a campaign, you need to have money. Some politicians are probably able to remember where they came from and what it was like to wonder where the next meal was coming from or how to pay the house or rent payment each month. Many others can’t relate because they, fortunately, have never had to worry about those things.

     Keep this in mind. Politicians work for YOU, not the other way around. You are the boss. They don’t work for the president even though they seem to pander to the him, daily. I’ve given up wondering why they gather at his feet, rubber stamping all his idiotic ideas while the country, our country, loses standing in the world. While foreign powers manipulate our elections. While children die and are molested during immoral family separations. While regulations meant to be beneficial for ALL citizens get repealed and water quality goes down, air quality goes down, mentally unstable persons  purchase weapons to carry out their despicable acts. But on the bright side, the top 1 or 2 percent get richer and richer. Yay!

     I don’t listen only to the liberal, right-wing press. I’m absolutely not brain-washed and find I’d be rather insulted if you assessed me that way. I just watch and read what is said Vs. what is denied or restated later. I know a lie when I see or hear one. I can understand an insulting remark when I hear it. I know bullying from an immature coward. I know insensitivity, misogyny, megalomania, insecurity and sociopathy when I see it day in and day out.

     We have a responsibility as human beings to care for one another. If your neighbor’s house was on fire, you would help in whatever way you could. You would offer shelter or food. We all donate to Go Fund Me causes, run for donations to raise money to combat disease, buy raffle tickets to support hospitals and schools. Just because this current disaster is government-made doesn’t negate the genuine need of our fellow human beings. Help in whatever way you can. Don’t leave it to the politicians who just don’t seem to understand.