So I've been hiding in the closet since Tuesday night, the night of the presidential debate between Donald J Trump and Joe Biden. It was a nightmare. I grew up in a dysfunctional house where my stepdad beat my mom. In the picture that I began today's blog with you'll see my mom on the left with her bruised face. So you see the reason for my emotional distress after watching Donald Trump verbally abuse everyone in the room at the debate. When I was a kid and my stepdad would hit mom I would hide in the closet for safety, since Tuesday's debate I've been doing the same.
Sitting in that closet I had time to think about all the other presidential debates that have happened in my lifetime and the famous statements made:
"We can no longer afford to be second best..." JFK to Nixon in 1960.
"There you go again." Ronald Reagan to Jimmy Carter in 1980.
"Will you shut up man?" Joe Biden to Donald Trump in 2020.
To top matters off yesterday Trump was medivac to the hospital with the virus he once said was a "Democrat ploy." That's not all he did that screams of Karma retribution. Trump has downplayed it since day one and refused to protect the country from its harms by saying things like "It will magically go away."
Still, I wish Trump the best. This morning I chanted for his quick recovery along with wishing he would see the light and start acting out of love. I know it is in him. It's in us all.
Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead
What in the world you thinking of
Laughing in the face of love
What on earth you tryin' to do
It's up to you, yeah you
Gonna look you right in the face
Better get yourself together darlin'
Join the human race
How in the world you gonna see
Laughin' at fools like me
Who in the hell d'you think you are
A super star
Well, right you are
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Ev'ryone come on
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brothers
Ev'ryone you meet
Why in the world are we here
Surely not to live in pain and fear
Why on earth are you there
When you're ev'rywhere
Come and get your share
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
