Hold on, Happy New Year

• “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.” – Mel Brooks

Hold on, Happy New Year

The world is turning. Some of us are smiling and some of us suffer as we ride the spin.

For me, there is confusion and fear, but I am warm and well-fed.

I will never really understand it all.  I am certain that it is due to my lack of awareness that I lack sympathy.

Yet, I want to become more acquainted with your distress.

I do not wear a grin, but I am so thankful that I am not suffering.

I wish there were better ways to connect with you, wherever you are, in your pain. You are in my thoughts, but I do not act because of you.

The quiet of this house, the tranquil state of this dwelling, makes it sometimes difficult to remember all of your troubles.

I will continue to keep you in mind.

If only I had the hope that leadership and the mighty ones, those with administrative power, could find a passage to your hearts.

If only I believed they would lead me (and our world) to inclusion and relationship.

If only I believed that this connection could be broadened to you and to the earth we share.

Yet, they are not seeking you.

They frighten me. He terrifies me.

Is he really careless and oblivious? How is that really possible? And those who chose him, are they unaware?

My oldest daughter tells me that concern arises when the stake is involved. I suppose there is no ownership in hardship when you have little or none. I am struggling, too, with this lack of sympathy.

And because I don’t perceive their motives and desires, I can’t really judge those who supported him. Their positions may be plotted in places I am unfamiliar with.

What I see as simply a dazed decision made by many in November, I will never really understand. This is a part of the whole that I will never fully grasp mentally.

All that being said, it is a new year.

I wish for a new year where the world turns in your favor. I hope for changes in position to be inspired by the calls of those who understand more than I.

I hope wisdom prevails and good judgment prevails.

Yet, as the Earth spins, we must grasp hold of each other and appreciate the goodness of the planet we are given. I’m sorry for being so directive, but I am scared stiff!

Please hold on!

I wish a Happy New Year to each and every one of them and especially to you.