Sorry I haven’t been writing as much lately. To be completely honest I’m a bit exhausted and have had trouble finding things to say I haven’t already said many times before. This country is being run by Christian fascist who have wanted to install and are now installing a theocracy. Your freedoms, rights, privilege’s are being stripped from you. Your ability to do and say what you wish, believe what you want, worship how you want is under threat. Freedom of speech and even expression is under attack. The rights of our LGBTQ friends and allies are being rolled back before our very eyes. Immigrants are being hunted for sport by racist ICE agents impowered by this racist, Christian fascist government and its only a year into a four year Trump term. Things will get worse. A lot worse.
So what’s left to say when we have said it all? Should we just continue to point these things out and scream into the void forever? Are people even listening anymore or has this become normalized? Have we adjusted to this temperature of Hell and now we feel comfortable in it? It sure feels that way sometimes. It can make us writers and activists feel a great sense of fatigue and exhaustion when we scream at the top of our lungs for years that this is coming, then that it is here and yet, what is anyone doing about it? Who if anyone in power will stand up to those destroying our nation and way of life? The Democrats sure haven’t done an effective job of being an opposition party. The Republicans don’t have anyone with a spine or principles willing to stand up to Trump and his MAGA Christian Nazi thugs. At a certain point it becomes very frustrating to point out these issues over and over again only to see people capitulate to these Nazis, work with them, compromise etc.
So I’ve been focusing on my mental health, my physical health, things I can control at home. Sometimes that’s all we can do. I lost a neighbor recently to an untimely death. He was only 49 and I can honestly say he was a friend even though we weren’t super close. I lost an uncle recently before I could get down to visit him. I’ve had a few medication changes to help me with my chronic pain and depression that I’ve had to navigate and its been really really hard but I’m still here. I will continue to write and comment on events.
However I encourage you all to do the same during this time. If you are feeling powerless, frustrated, exhausted, down and out turn your focus inward and refill your cup. You can’t pour from an empty cup. You must lift yourself up and repair yourself before you can help others and continue your work. Don’t quit. There will come a day when we will take this country back from these Christian Nazi scum; but for now, while you and I don’t seem to have the power to change things in the moment, gather your strength. Work on building yourself from the ground up. Prepare don’t despair.
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