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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,235 posts)
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 11:02 AM Aug 2020

Trumpism is soul-sucking and depressing.

That's all I can really say right now.

Three and a half years of this shit. (Five, if you count the 2016 campaign).

Day in and day out, a daily kick to the head.

I can't wait until this cloud finally lifts from our land. And I pray that day will be January 20th of next year.

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Trumpism is soul-sucking and depressing. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2020 OP
Indeed! Life goes on with its ups and downs, but always the constant drone in the background Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #1
That's why Joe says he's fighting for the soul of America. nolabear Aug 2020 #2
It's exhausting. Mike 03 Aug 2020 #3
Dalai Lama's tweet today: We can't remove external problems at will, but in terms of our inner world soothsayer Aug 2020 #4

Thekaspervote

(32,826 posts)
1. Indeed! Life goes on with its ups and downs, but always the constant drone in the background
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 11:06 AM
Aug 2020

Of worry and angst. Makes the downs from other things worse, and the joys less bright.

nolabear

(42,009 posts)
2. That's why Joe says he's fighting for the soul of America.
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 11:14 AM
Aug 2020

But we have to hang in there against a sea of troubles. Hold on to one another.

It’s a WEmocracy.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
3. It's exhausting.
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 11:17 AM
Aug 2020

I really admire people who have kept it together. Most days I can. But this morning I awoke around midnight with a headache and burning in my stomach thinking about Trump sabotaging the election. At 1AM there was a repeat of Rachel's show, and my blood pressure exploded. Never went back to bed. Wrote some angry political emails. What I want to know is, When do we get to recover? Recovery is important. Like you said, it's been nonstop madness for four years.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
4. Dalai Lama's tweet today: We can't remove external problems at will, but in terms of our inner world
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 11:24 AM
Aug 2020

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Dalai Lama
@DalaiLama
We can’t remove external problems at will, but in terms of our inner world we can develop tolerance, forgiveness and contentment. If we have developed peace of mind, we can remain calm no matter what happens in the outside world.
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