One Day At a Time - Just for Fun... Death, Destruction, DEI... Open Memoir

 

Dear Lord, This day as I again look out my window to the snow, the cold, another day of winter that comes and goes like always... Or is it? It seems these days that I have no basis of balance... Is climate control a problem? Or not, as many may say... Where is Truth that we can count on? Even about the weather?

I find that I am not even sure I can find "Me..." The Me that took one day at a time, moving through each day to tackle what needed to be done... Have I changed so much in these later years, or has the world itself changed so much that we find ourselves turning around and around, searching, for that "something..."

that made me "Me..." 

It's not really that I am more alone than I ever was--that never bothered me, because, of course, YOU were always with me... I could walk through life, through a day and find you somewhere... Monday, the forsythia was blooming all around me, I could feel spring coming so that I could walk outside into the sunshine again, enjoying each new bloom that pops out each day... By Tuesday, everything was covered with snow--the forsythia burdened with the weight of packed white pieces of cold rain that has grown too heavy, the plants drooping... 

I watched a bird land on a metal pole--it shivered, lifting its tiny clawed feet one at a time from the chill that shook its body, finally flying away, hopefully to find some bit of food that somebody had thrown to the ground after eating... We had earlier stopped for lunch, picked up KFC bowls, neither of us feeling like it tasted right... They've stopped added spices to food? Surely that is not where we are headed... Yet... prices have gone up, higher than ever... companies are changing in so many ways...

Rachel had picked me up to go pick up my glasses. I have them on now and am feeling better than I have in over a year to have some visible improvement... I had finally decided to seek a consultation--a second opinion about what had evolved after cataract surgeries on both eyes... I went back to my former eye doctor, preparing to be apologetic that I had chosen to go to WVU rather than have him perform the surgery. He was kind, when he learned that it was really part of a series of surgeries that I'd had during the past five years, which I'd had to prioritize in order of urgency.

Bottom line was that I received verification that the surgeries looked fine, but that the prescription that was found in the glasses did not reflect what I had previously required. Yes, the prescription lens had been inserted correctly, but the planning for my normal eye use had not been considered. In fact, I revealed that there had been no discussion about how I routinely used my eyes for daily living... Reading...

As a reader, I had been struggling ever since... The glasses were changed based upon a tight review of the eyesight chart based upon that inserted lens. I came out of that office, looked around and saw clearly for the first time... The doctor explained that I would still need to deal with very small print such as on my meds containers, but I was relieved to begin to feel that the most important part of me had been reviewed and improved...

Mistakes happened and, normally, most of us are at least able to receive assistance from one person or another. Right now, however, the world as we knew it just a decade ago has changed, not by normal evolution based upon new advances such as AI which most of us are against for the initial period at last...

But there are people--far too many people--acting based upon, shall we be kind and say, bad judgment. Now, for many who have been lied to, manipulated, and, worse, threatened, and have voted into our government a group of people who are so caught up in personal prejudices, desires, or who have been absorbed into a cult-like environment that, many, are just now opening their eyes to the reality of where we are today. A dangerous time that we have not seen for decades...

Worse, it has come about by lies and manipulations of those who are rich and powerful that have corrupted the majority of our country's life at large, that it could be years before we survive just what has been destroyed in less than two years!

I had opened with the above video, only to find I needed to vent a little before I was mentally able to deal with the corruption and, yes, loss of rational, competent thinking by the majority of individuals who are now in government office. Trying to make some type of rational process out of the mess we are in now is just plain impossible... But it seemed to have developed with those in the republican party who were aiming for a major reversion of control within America. Project 2025 was one of the results. However, as anybody who has worked in a "service" organization knows, there is ALWAYS more than the average individual can see or know about by being within that environment.

I lucked out a little on this area of experience, given that my nearest area of employment when I graduated from high school was West Virginia university. And, with my training, I was able to immediately step into an administrative office. first in Personnel, and then into various academic administrative support offices, that resulted in my becoming knowledgeable about the entire group of people who not only worked there, but knowledge of what their individual units were responsible for. You might think about it like this, a state-wide university system is very similar to the duties and responsibilities of a major nation-wide government--only bigger and more in-depth in breadth and scope...

One key difference, however, between a single entity and the government is that, We The People, hire our representatives... Therein lies a problem. Not one that cannot be resolved however--that which has been "played" with one way or another for about 250 years, as of now has gone through similar situations before, though not as devastating.

The answer, of course, is what we already do. But with no major overall oversight... What do I mean by that? Well, think about it with yourself as a small business owner. You want to succeed, right? But you KNOW you can't do it alone... Right now, most of America has seen what has happened when a president decides he is able to handle anything without help... We are NOW in war that was started on no immediate need! In fact, a major resignation was announced this week stating that clearly...

But I don't want to go too far on the reality of TODAY..." We are all suffering through it, to a lesser or greater exteent, as best we can...with no help from our government...

But let's go back to "a business" of some kind. Most businesses will have one individual at the top. WVU had a president... but also a Board of Regents which was over all the educational institutions in the state.

So, as we look comparatively, we see that, because of the scope of our nation, more than a Board of Regents is needed. In fact, the scope of the government is the reason why we needed MULTIPLE oversight agencies:

House of Representatives, a Senate, a comprehensive legal agency (Justice), a Supreme Court. Key difference is that, as it turned out, each state turned out to be "mini-United States." 

Uniformity began to be lost at this point. Once Power was attached to the title of Governor, an immediate competition began... Once that was lost, political parties began to evolve... People chose many times based upon only a political party affiliation... With no concern whether the individual was qualified for the position in question.

Key, however, is that at some point, all people must realize, if they are wise, in my opinion, that what is good for the nation itself, must lead to the final decision making...

That point of:

consensus/agreement/unanimity/concurrence/

accord, acceptance, or a meeting of the minds

MUST OCCUR!

Instead of the negotiation that normally has occurred, right now, for I think the very first time, one party has initiated a takeover for which not one individual can have seen what has actually happened... Why? using terms

Overview. Antisocial personality disorder, sometimes called sociopathy, is a mental health condition in which a person consistently shows no regard for right and wrong and ignores the rights and feelings of others.

that are and have been used during the past decade, we now have an individual in charge who doesn't play by the rules--any rules--nobody's rules, often his own based upon no ratiionale--which can change from day to day...

I've read two of Mary Trump's (and one by her brother) books, who turned to a career in psychology, I imagine, to gain a needed perspective of her family.

One of the reasons I moved from writing about job burnout, to one that reflects a daily journal in a much more complex situation, now, than I personally had at work but which provided the knowledge and experience which led to what I began to see in 2015.

Suffering through the constant vigilance and necessary fear of contamination from Covid played a significant part in seeing just how incompetent DJT was during his first term. Now, only to be forced to watch as statistics about a measles epidemic increases due to, another, similar personality who was placed in charge of the nation's health issues, and all the other actions that has evolved with our health since the overturn of Roe, has proven my concerns and left me angry. Although as of this morning, I'm feeling more relieved as, actions by Kennedy have been stopped at the first level of court action!

Which leads me back to the devastation of living one day at a time, with death caused by ignoring the vaccines that have been available... deaths caused by removal of important health care to poor countries that were formerly helped by USAID, and which has led to more deaths that could have been prevented... On to murder on our streets as ICE go after people on the streets of the United States "for the fun of it..." Or because of the fanatical leadership to remove all but white males from power and government activities... Only to finally use WAR as a distraction seemingly, by one man's choice... Or many choices by many people seeking their own personal desires... 

A democracy cannot live in the environment that has been created by those in government and those behind the scenes funding a collapse of the one constant democracy that has existed from the very beginning of immigration to our country...

Must we lose the One Thing Earned

That Called to all People?

Millions have lived and died here... Millions were brought as slaves here... Millions were indigenous people already living on this land...

Do you REALLY BELIEVE THAT ONE POLITICAL PARTY WITH LOTS OF MONEY BEHIND THEM DESERVE TO DESTROY WHAT ALL OF US BUILT?

i don't

Then Choose!

OR

VOTE wherever you live!

gabby