A lot has happened since last we met.
I have clients, friends and family that I attempt not to infuriate because we have the need to remain civil and interactive with one another. This is not an easy time for people in this country to remain civil and decent. We have a complete void where there ought to be leadership. We have a cancerous government that is eating itself and all we hold dear. We have by far the nastiest, most vulgar, most wantonly ignorant and corrupt man in the White House in history, but unlike previous bad presidents, we have a near cult that believes he was somehow ordained by God himself. It is impossible to discuss things rationally with people who believe that bad people are tools of God. As a life-long practicing, church-going Christian, this appalls me. My upbringing taught me that we are free-will agents who select our own leaders without the interference of divine providence - for better or worse. To believe otherwise is to believe God also picked Hitler and Stalin and Franco and Saddam. Hard no. There is nothing that will ever make me believe God selected this man to be the president. We did this to ourselves, and we alone are responsible for the outcomes - for better or worse.
That said, we have no choice but to navigate this dangerous swamp for as long as he invades the people's house, while not deliberately antagonizing those we love, like, need and are forced to interact with.
I do not, and will never understand that aspect of them, but I must love and respect the rest of them for the good of my life, theirs and the nation. We all do.
So, for the benefit of all we have built together, we must understand that we are not our enemies. We are our only hope for the future. Please be kind, forgive and love. It's our only hope.
