Watching It Unfolding

It's sometimes a blessing, and sometimes a curse. Watching things happen as you knew it would is a mixed bag of feelings. Today is one of those days when being able to know what was going to happen hasn't been exactly the most pleasant ones. Early on in 2020, perhaps not too long after the pandemic began affecting things, I knew the election was going to be messy. I saw quite a bit of it then: the refusal to concede; the fighting and violence; and there's one more thing that hasn't happened yet which is highly possible at this point. I know that there are friends, family, and others who might have been taken off guard when they found me being so outspoken during the election time, but seeing these things coming I had to speak up to warn people. Not everyone caught my message, but at least I tried. There will always be the stubborn ones who won't listen anyway.

As discussed before, conflict and I aren't great companions. I don't find it as productive as it is harmful, particularly when high emotions are in play. People who know me, and even those silly personality tests that don't know me agree that I'm a peacemaker. I prefer the more calm methods of working out problems. Situations such as what happened at the Capitol Building are things I don't support and will speak out about. I know a lot of people are spending a lot of time arguing over whether those groups creating the chaos were Antifa, BLM, Trump supporters, or Qanon. Really? This is one of the parts of politics that drives me up the wall: Wasting time trying to find someone to blame. The fact is that no matter who did it or which side those people were on, this behavior was unacceptable. I didn't support the riots in the summer. I don't support this one. It's more damaging than productive.

So even though I tend to put a positive twist to most things I see I'm very much aware of the seriousness out there. I'm not that aloof. Let's just say it kinda stinks when I'm hoping the bad things I'm seeing don't happen, but they do almost exactly as I saw them. This isn't the only circumstance, but fortunately I've survived them all, despite how difficult some of them turned out. Life goes on and I must make the best of it.

Sometimes a peaceful walk is in order to make you see the beautiful things the world still has.