Happy 4th of July week! Even with the way things are in our government today, I will not let that diminish my love of country. I hear people say “I’m leaving if Trump is re-elected”. Well, wouldn’t that be ridiculous? It would be like the majority surrenders to a minority and gives them all they want. This just happens to be a trying time we’re living through. There have been many trying times in our country’s history but those people working for the right side have never given up and we have advanced. Every time I get depressed I think of my favorite Martin Luther King, Jr. quote:
Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
It helps me to remember that those fighting for what is right out number those that are inflicting the pain today. We.Will.Win. Even if we are not here to witness the move forward. As Lin Manuel Miranda had Hamilton recite in my favorite play:
Legacy. What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.
We need to keep fighting and create a legacy for others to build upon. We work and continue to move towards justice every day, week, year, decade and generation……
Those are my thoughts for this holiday week. I hope they inspire some of you to fight even though we are exhausted. Just remember to take a break when needed. Someone will tap in and do the work. When you are re-charged, tap back in.
Happy 4th!
Here are some tweets of stories I’m sure all have seen over the weekend. Someday soon, specifically inauguration day 2021, we will be released from Trump’s idiotic reality show and it will be cancelled.
The nightmare for migrant children continues:
The fact that we’re hearing the administration wants to move migrant children to GITMO should send shivers down your spine. Call your Rep and Senators no matter what party and DEMAND that this be stopped. Hopefully the organizations at the border are working on filing lawsuits to stop this.
Another piece:
WHY.WAS.SHE.THERE? Some speculate she has to be there to assist Daddy as he is pre-dementia. Who knows? But it’s pretty embarrassing.
He continues to be an idiot, especially in foreign policy. There’s a reason why no other former president went there….
Some cuteness to calm your soul:
Much needed to cope with the weekly horrendous news cycle….
Happy Chatting!