(written on the 9th)
Sorry, again, for the delays in my posts.
Sunday was interesting at least in one aspect: The church congregation that was somewhat small when I first attended it after having come out here from Utah had gotten so big that they split the congregation.
With my mom having moved to a different house nearby, she actually now ends up being in a different congregation than all the rest of my Wright family clan.
As I watch what has happened this year, from our leaving Haven Hill to now my mom being in a completely separate Church congregation… It seems like maybe the winds of change might be transitioning my mom into a pretty significantly different place as well.
I don’t know that for sure, but it’s just interesting to watch how external forces are changing things for my mom that she wasn’t doing on her own.
I’m all but out of Arkansas at this point. The only thing that would keep me here is if I feel like it’s best for the non-profit stuff that I want to do to be here.
Though I don’t have a home anymore, and though no place I am actually feels like home, I do feel comfortable here because I’ve been here long enough to have grown accustomed to the community, so to speak.
It’s also a fair bit more diverse than where I was previously in Utah. I love diversity of people and thought and what not–provided it’s peaceful.
So that is one positive of staying here–it might be easier to do the things I want to do.
We’ll see. I think I’m heading west once I get everything sold/given away.
Of course Tuesday was the election…
I ended up staying up until after 3:00 in the morning to see the results. Though I haven’t been a fan of Donald Trump, I admit that I am super excited at the prospect of having Elon Musk go into government and trim out all the waste.
Doesn’t seem to matter which party is in office: Everyone spends, spends, spends, and spends. Everybody makes the debt worse. The last four presidents have been awful in that regard.
It needs to stop.
If Elon Musk can get in there and trim things back, and figure out how to stop Trump and everyone else from spending what we don’t have, it’ll be amazing.
I just hope that the American people recognize that it’s going to hurt to be able to rein in spending not just to balance our budget but enough to reduce our national debt.
I’m also excited at the prospect of potentially being able to get rid of the corruption in government. I hope it’s actually real. I hope they actually do it.
I’m frustrated, and sometimes very angry, with the constant accusations of being racist and sexist and misogynistic and all that crap that gets peddled by blatantly hypocritical and divisive people who are clearly incredibly racist and sexist themselves but accuse me of being the very things they are.
I despise identity politics, and I’m appalled by those who try to shame others into voting for someone based on their racial or gender identity as a primary consideration over substance, merit, policy, etc, and who exclame that if I don’t vote for their candidate, it proves I’m racist and sexist and misogynistic.
So so so tired of the hate and contempt and false accusations, tired of the incredible hypocrisy and blatant lies and… all that.
And I’m so tired of the mocking. That’s one of the things that’s going to be an integral part of my efforts to bring people together. Even the people I agree with politically, so many of them gloat and mock.
It’s disgusting.
I hate the gloating. I hate the mocking. I hate the name calling.
I’ve spent most of the last 3 days staring at YouTube stuff. 😕
It’s been informative.
It’s also been an escape.
I haven’t been doing well since I got home.
My physical issues are worse since getting home than they were on the trip.
Probably because I’m not out walking as much.
I woke up early this morning to get ready to go to my surgeon appointment, only to realize that it was Wednesday, and my appointment wasn’t until Thursday. I was grateful for that because I didn’t get almost any sleep as I stayed glued to the election coverage.
Haven’t really worked at all for JustAnswer so far this week either.
😅
I’m nervous for the doctor’s appointment. I don’t feel like I’ve gathered the information together like I should have in preparation. I’ve just been emotionally overwhelmed.
I’m pretty ridiculous. 😅
But for the first time in I don’t know how many years, I’m actually hopeful that real change can happen on a fundamental level with our government–to root out corruption, to rein in spending… etc.
I hope, I hope, I hope.
I hope we can stop the divisiveness–everyone–and instead respect each other and freaking tell the truth and not distort, lie, manipulate, etc, to gain power and prestige.
🤞
Lift the world.
~ stephen
Lift the World 