breathing into the sea

 

The tragedy --

too many wasted lives

on the pyre of ignorant hatred

Do as you feel drawn to

If it feels good, continue

If uncomfortable, explore the reasons

All the escalating trauma

trying to live on an ever more

hostile home world

LBJ famouslyy helped his

country leap forwarddd socially,

yet brought down by an unfortunate

allegiance to a horribly unpopular war.

The Democrats couldn't be

bothered to nominate a candidate

the people wanted.

Such a time of unrest -- Old School

America fell prey to a media

manufactured yearning for law and order.

For the focused and effective,

time gives us perspective,

long term relationships with

those we come to know well,

regrettable experiences we learn from,

and experiences that force us to

confront and better understand ourselves.

Given a strong genetic constitution,

excellent medical care and advice,

strongly supportive family and friends,

well educated, trained, skilled, effective

staff, abundant resources, expert, experienced

advisers, in an age when so much of memory

generally has been relegated to technology,

still the long grown experience which creates

amazing intuition and reflexive wisdom

is certainly an asset.

Not even our savior AI (with no human context)

can encompass the benefits of such experience.

We all make mistakes, take chances that don't 

pan out as we had hoped.

Real leaders accept their humanity,

do what they can to lift us all, with the

humility and reflection that comes from

their connection to our common cause.

2/10-15/24