This is clearly not summer vacation time on earth school.
Many people are lashing out against that new white guy in the White House…even, regrettably, unwittingly, myself.
They are speaking out against all the destructive things he has done or said, all the lies and cruelty.
Speaking truth to power.
On the other hand, it appears that some of us progressives think progress means diagnosing people who voted for him as suffering from a bad case of stupid.
People who voted for this man have far more in common with me and you than they have differences.
We all have the same needs, just different strategies for meeting them.
If we relate on the level of our mutuals needs, we can choose connection rather than correction.
Perhaps that is the lesson being offered to progressives feeling righteous at this time. 
“To accuse is not to understand.”
– A Course in Miracles
The president on an energy level reminds me of a rottweiler. He even looks a little like a pit bull when he growls/scowls.
Why do people elect to own a vicious guard dog?
Usually, it’s to protect them, to lessen their fear.
Fear calls for compassion, not judgment.
Can we seek to understand the pain in the hearts that would drive people to elect a vicious guard dog?
Please don’t call people stupid.
Those three fingers are pointing back at you.
And besides, you trying to influence people by pointing out the inadequacies and hypocrisies of their thinking is just going to make them dig their heels in further.
Do you want to be right about how ‘wrong’ they are, or do you want to contribute to the thawing of the cold war in our country? 
To put it bluntly, do you want to be a critic or a healer? 
By all means, march, act, and stand up for your values.
Shine your light. It’s so needed.
But if you spend your precious time and energy cursing the darkness, your candle will burn out pretty quickly .
Personally, I think the white Mr. T. is in this higher office for a higher purpose.
Not that he is aware of it.
Here’s my take:
To accelerate the breakdown of a system failing us miserably, one that has been stinking of greed, rigged for a few, and rapidly making the earth uninhabitable for humans.
A big wrecking ball has come disguised as our President, and yes he’s making things worse, but perhaps from the ashes of his fiery destruction a phoenix will rise, and a more humane system will be born.
I suppose some faith and trust is needed to think this way.
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
I’m aware that many people are going to be severely impacted by this presidency.
When seen through a microscope, these are dark times.
But we all have access to a macro-scope, the ability to view life from a broader perspective.
Right now you may be too angry or freaked out to even want to access such a point of view.
If this smacks of spiritual bypass, then it’s not good medicine for you.
But looking through my macroscope, I see that Trump is unwittingly serving the evolution of human consciousness.
We, the people, in our pursuit of happiness, have become a nation of addicts.
An addict needs to hit bottom before recovery begins.
Breakdown before breakthrough.
Let’s remember that our country was built on the genocide of the Native Americans and through an economy based on slavery.
In other words, we have a lot of shit in our nation’s intestines.
Here’s a picture of the colonic flushing things out for the USAnal Retentive States of America.
Thanks for Reading and Sharing,
Scott
www.scottsongs.com
PS. A recent podcast I was on, Epic Vision with Jane Applegath was particularly stunning. When I listen back to my interviews, sometimes I judge myself, and sometimes I amaze myself. This one was by far the latter. Listen and watch at: Amazing (Scott) Grace Podcast
