CONTENDING WITH THE DARK AGES

 

DEPRESSION IS GOING TO BE A BIG ISSUE AS WE ENTER THE ERA OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. SOME THINGS THAT WILL HELP:

1. STAY COMMITTED TO THE GOOD. IT IS WRONG TO HELP RICH PEOPLE GET RICHER. IT IS WRONG TO DEMONIZE THE POOR. IT IS WRONG TO TAKE AWAY A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CONTROL HER OWN BODY. IT IS WRONG TO TAKE HEALTHCARE FROM PEOPLE, OR NOT GIVE IT TO THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT IS WRONG TO HAVE TO DECLARE BANKRUPTCY OVER HEALTHCARE DEBTS. IT IS WRONG TO DESTROY THE EARTH FOR PROFIT. IT IS WRONG TO CALL SCIENCE A LIBERAL PLOT. IT IS WRONG TO TEACH RELIGION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT IS WRONG TO INDISCRIMINATELY KILL PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF PEACE. IT IS WRONG TO SUPPORT ONLY ONE WAY TO SHOW YOUR BELIEF IN GOD. IT IS WRONG TO SUPPRESS FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. IT IS WRONG TO CALL PROTESTORS UN-AMERICAN, OR TRAITORS. IT IS WRONG TO TAKE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO NEED IT AND HAVE BEEN PROMISED IT. DO NOT COWER IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE. STAND TALL AND GET RIGHT IN THEIR FACE.
2.  PREPARE TO TAKE TO THE STREETS IF NECESSARY. REMAIN NONVIOLENT. IN THE FACE OF A VIOLENT POLICE FORCE IT IS WRONG TO COUNTER WITH VIOLENCE. YOU THEN BECOME NO BETTER THAN THEM, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT. OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR LIVES FIGHTING THE BAD. OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THEIR LIVES ARE NOT GIVEN UP IN VAIN. 
3.  THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF DAYS YOU WON'T EVEN FEEL LIKE GETTING UP. IT IS GOING TO BE A DARK, DEPRESSING TIME. THE DARKER IT GETS, THE MORE LIGHT WE HAVE TO GENERATE. WE WILL NEED TO FOCUS ON HELPING ONE ANOTHER. TO SET UP NETWORKS OF PEOPLE WATCHING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. NEIGHBORHOODS NEED TO ORGANIZE. CHURCHES NEED TO STEP UP THEIR EFFORTS TO HELP THE NEEDY. NONPROFITS WILL NEED TO GIVE UP THEIR PROFITS. ANYONE WITH THE GOOD FORTUNE OF HAVING EXTRA WILL NEED TO GIVE TO THOSE LESS FORTUNATE. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO HELP US. WE NEED TO HELP EACH OTHER.
4.  SOME ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO FRONT A TAXPAYER REVOLT. EVERY TIME I THINK OF PAYING TAXES TO SUPPORT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, I GET SICK. WITH THE BRAIN POWER OF SOME ACCOUNTANTS AND ATTORNEYS, WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING. 
5. STAY POSITIVE IN THIS HOUR OF DARKNESS. IT WON'T BE EASY. I AM ALREADY FEELING THE DESPAIR AND TRUMP AND HIS APPOINTED ENTOURAGE OF MISFITS HAVEN'T EVEN TAKEN OFFICE. THIS WILL BE A BATTLE OF SURVIVAL FOR MANY. MY CHRISTMAS WISH THIS YEAR IS THAT WE SOMEHOW GET THROUGH THIS INTACT. AS JESUS FACED AN OPPRESSIVE AND UNJUST GOVERNMENT, SO WE MUST DO THE SAME.