Life Under King Donnie...

[PozBearWI]

There is another media source I recently tapped into. I try not to follow the chaos each day, much less each hour, and record Rachel Maddow's show each week. A summary helps me as I don't have to engage emotions in things over which I have zero control at the moment. I am content to be aware and not step into the drama. My Previously mentioned 2x weekly podcast takes that information and adds context. I get my weekly local newspaper which takes me maybe 30 minutes to get current. And finally, I record the 30 minute local The Milwaukee Journal station, skip over the drama that doesn't apply to me; catch a decent national weather report and let it all go.

Instead I've happened along a YouTube channel. There are a couple of Yard Cleanup summarized to half an hour or an hour to see chaos become orderly. One in particular, a fellow over in Detroit area, has his own version of that called Midlife Stockman. He recently left corporate life as his YouTube success grew. Easy on the eyes, articulate and pleasurable voice. (he could lower the machine volume by half). But his mission he has adopted is soul healing stuff. None of this has anything to do with the disease we share. But after six month of 47, I just needed relief. But I mention Sean Stockman's channel as he is a lovely blend of altruism, realistic, and gratitude. Maybe a touch too much gratitude, but I really need that right now...

We, us here, most of us around see the benefit in community. And our community isn't just one idea, or one important thing, or one enjoyable attribute. Our lives are a sum of diverse interests, activities, challenges and pleasures. But we are one. We are, as I see it, one human family. We do well when we do well to ourselves AND others. I think us American's aren't in disagreement about what we need. But others are trying to tell us what we need, no matter what we see in front of us ourselves. It sort of feels like we're in the Hunger Games and none of us signed up for that.