The Trump Effect

As I close my eyes and drift away to a land where there is love, health, peace, and blessings. I wanted to take the time to think and reflect.

     The other day I was watched the following TED Talk: 

I was actually quite fascinated with the ideas that were offered about elephants, especially the sincere, kind, empathetic, nature of elephants. I began to connect these ideas to that of the Trump Presidency.  

A presidency that has been warped right from the beginning, but we have to think: Can we rally play the blame game as to why there has been negativity surrounding this presidency? 

     First of all. everyone is entitled to a political opinion. After having said this, change or a change of presidency requires time and shifts, because what happens is that we become used to seeing a particular leader, how they do or run things. Shifts take a while, sometimes it is about having smooth transitions, rather than cutting and pasting from previous administrations. Its more of a matter of building upon the positives. What worked, what mattered. In the case of each administration there have been, and were initiatives to support communities, those in need, and facing hardships. What we are seeing more  than ever today is cruelty politics at play. Those that are vested in self interest. We can bring forth the examples of the border crisis, or harsh immigration policy. This example is interesting because much of the same was happening when Obama was in office, but we never heard about these human crimes. It was all hush, hush. There was much less media coverage than we are seeing now. So when we think of the Trump presidency, and the benevolent elephant who takes care of his species, we can relate this as to how media, or the influence of what people say can either build or tear apart relationships, tarnish presidencies, and it can even affect a persons success or failure.

     But what if we were to use the philosophy and teachings from the elephant to think once more, what does it mean to be in the act of service? What does it mean to serve humanity, those that you can relate to, and those you cannot relate to?

     To serve in this way requires effort. We can use a traditional top down example from the highest office, reaching to those in positions of leadership nationwide. For this to work it means that we have to re-think how we view race, minority, or ethnicity. Yes, we all want to fight for the survival of our own species, but what if the fight meant that we were simply causing our own species to diminish?

    The survival of species can truly happen when there are mutual exchanges, and reciprocity between the races. This is easier said than done, as human species we carry histories, ancestries, sometimes harsh from a naturalistic sense, and those that were created through wars or land separations. 

But we have to be brave, brave through these if we don't want harsh histories to repeat themselves, and to put in place mechanisms of peace for present and future generations. 

My thoughts to share with love & kindness! :) 

​These thoughts were originally hand written on August 20th, 2018.
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