Post Election

 I realize the election was over just a few days ago (or at least, over for those of us who believe our election process is still functioning, and robust) but I am kind of waiting for things to simmer down. It is still evident how intensely divisive and tense this political season was. I see a lot of people on the Internet who seem unwilling to let go of the anger and frustration the Trump administration caused them. One FB post header: NOW can I vote for Bernie??  Then, a thread on FB where contributors seem to be fantasizing about watching Trump defeated and humiliated on their own TVs at home via a new reality TV show featuring a camera in Trump's cell . . . stuff like that. This morning I found myself scouring Google News for anything stupid or outrageous Trump might have said overnight, since I last checked. 

It dawned on me that a considerable percentage of over half (apparently) the people in the United States of America are suffering from a form of PTSD, and will probably continue to do so for quite awhile. 

One of my favorite passages from a book of Eckhart Tolle's is a story about two ducks peacefully floating in a pond, as ducks are often wont to do. So, one duck accidentally bumps into the other, and, startled, a squawking flurry of hostile, angry wing flapping ensues until the ducks finally drift apart. Then, Tolle says, if you watch one duck as it drifts away, the situation now past, it will drift for a moment and then suddenly shudder, loosening its wings and then tucking them back in before returning to peaceful floating mode. The moral of the story is that at some point, you have to let go, experience that involuntary shudder, and then return to your normal life.