Dear President Trump, Of course I realize that you personally have nothing to do with the set up of this contact page or with the underlying support systems, but it is deeply ironic that the spell check here doesn't know the word "positivity." When I noticed this last night I didn't check, but will now, … Continue reading “Positivity” spell-check fail
Love and Compassion
Positivity – day 9, witnessing humble justice and mercy
Dear President Trump, If I stayed focused yesterday on what I was hearing and seeing right around me, the themes in ascendance were doing justice, showing mercy, and embracing humility. If I focused on what was going on in the larger political realm that was most certainly not the case. In fact the opposite was … Continue reading Positivity – day 9, witnessing humble justice and mercy
Positivity – day 6, sound arguments
Dear President Trump, Last night I read an article about a particular approach to problem-solving and it reminded me how much I appreciate a well thought out and reasoned position or argument. Granted, the article got a boost in this regard since I read it right after reading your interview with Julie Pace, which I … Continue reading Positivity – day 6, sound arguments
Positivity – day 4, palpable, abundant joy
Dear President Trump, Yesterday I suggested you look for opportunities to pay kindnesses forward even before I saw a series of photos of presidents and their wives making their way down the stairs from Air Force One. Yours was the only one where the president was not right there with his wife. You seem to … Continue reading Positivity – day 4, palpable, abundant joy
Positivity – day 3, help from on high
Dear President Trump, This may be giving you all too much credit since it requires planning and actual cunning (and maybe I've said this to you before since it's so obvious), but you all are seriously trying to gaslight us with your strange reversals, fake news, and just plain messing with us. When you are … Continue reading Positivity – day 3, help from on high
Deals with Devils don’t leave much for the rest of us
Dear President Trump, This morning on my run it was dark. There was a raised part of the sidewalk I didn't see and I went down hard. Fortunately I didn't break anything but I'm quite banged up and it looks like someone punched me in the mouth with rough sandpaper taped to their fist. It … Continue reading Deals with Devils don’t leave much for the rest of us
Why does your contact page care what my name is?
Dear President Trump, I paused for a few minutes after opening the site to send you a message to read something on another site and when I got back, the "First Name" box was outlined in bold red lines and the text read "FIRST NAME FIELD IS REQUIRED." There wasn't an exclamation point, but it … Continue reading Why does your contact page care what my name is?
The lure of impersonal violence
Dear President Trump, This morning I included in my loving-kindness blessings the young African student featured in the NYT yesterday who was attacked and beaten by a mob in India and then I included the people in the mob who attacked him. Thinking about the individuals who comprised the mob led me to consider how … Continue reading The lure of impersonal violence
Solace for all of us with Freds
Dear President Trump, During this Lenten season, my church's early service is pretty different for us. Instead of the word collages that form our usual hymns, readings, messages, blessings, we are invited to more simply be present with one another and our sense of God, quietly. When one of us would like the tangible support … Continue reading Solace for all of us with Freds
Fierce compassion
Dear President Trump, One of my heroes is a Buddhist monk named Thich Nhat Hahn. Actually, he is probably a hero to millions of people and I am happy to be counted among them. I return to his teachings often and especially to his idea that compassion may be fierce. Normally we think of compassion … Continue reading Fierce compassion
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