The death of a pet is so hard. Such a feeling of emptiness is the only way I have to describe it. Seems grief is being compounded given this election. I think I've reached the conclusion that the election is just one step in what will likely be a long road toward a social and political reawakening to what is really important. What is really most important is solidarity with one another no matter the effort of a minority, and it is a minority with a deadly agenda. That we keep standing together for and with values of love for all might be the best medicine for us in our individuality as well as in community.That will require lots of personal resilience and the capacity to resist the worst this minority will keep shoveling no matter how the election turns out. Seems important to not lose heart or our nerve. Too many people before us have made the hard, sometimes backbreaking, heart rending sacrifices to expand democracy and freedom in the US. That irks people like Muck and jd and the heritage foundation fascists. Such efforts have always irked them because they have only themselves and their bank accounts. But we as a people are so much more. We go forward bearing our grief but not giving in to the kind of world these guys dream about. Grief is about recognizing an ending. Grief can also be and often will become a springboard to a new beginning. These heritage foundation types and their guys and some poir little gals are everywhere, not just in the US. They are Muck jumping up and down in PA wearing a hat that proclaims "Darth Maga"! They reveal who they are every day. The goal is to scare the shit out of us. In 2016 a friend in Germany emailed, "You can move in with us until he's gone!" We thought about it then said, " The struggle for a better world is right here where we live, where family live, where what we do here will matter". So we stayed. At any rate did not intend to "sermonize"...it just spilled out. Whatever you decide will be what you most need to decide. You will know why.
Grief is the gaping wound left when a piece of your heart is ripped away.
The death of a pet is so hard. Such a feeling of emptiness is the only way I have to describe it. Seems grief is being compounded given this election. I think I've reached the conclusion that the election is just one step in what will likely be a long road toward a social and political reawakening to what is really important. What is really most important is solidarity with one another no matter the effort of a minority, and it is a minority with a deadly agenda. That we keep standing together for and with values of love for all might be the best medicine for us in our individuality as well as in community.That will require lots of personal resilience and the capacity to resist the worst this minority will keep shoveling no matter how the election turns out. Seems important to not lose heart or our nerve. Too many people before us have made the hard, sometimes backbreaking, heart rending sacrifices to expand democracy and freedom in the US. That irks people like Muck and jd and the heritage foundation fascists. Such efforts have always irked them because they have only themselves and their bank accounts. But we as a people are so much more. We go forward bearing our grief but not giving in to the kind of world these guys dream about. Grief is about recognizing an ending. Grief can also be and often will become a springboard to a new beginning. These heritage foundation types and their guys and some poir little gals are everywhere, not just in the US. They are Muck jumping up and down in PA wearing a hat that proclaims "Darth Maga"! They reveal who they are every day. The goal is to scare the shit out of us. In 2016 a friend in Germany emailed, "You can move in with us until he's gone!" We thought about it then said, " The struggle for a better world is right here where we live, where family live, where what we do here will matter". So we stayed. At any rate did not intend to "sermonize"...it just spilled out. Whatever you decide will be what you most need to decide. You will know why.
Thank you for your insightful, thoughtful comment. 💙
Yes.