Trump,Brexit

Saturday 7th November, 2020

It has just been declared, by whom and what it means I have no idea, that Biden has the Presidency. Will chaos now erupt? Will Trump go without legal recourse? Already I have had email discussions with people about the damage the whole election has done to democracy, to the USA and to world stability. Pictures of pro Trump supporters and pro Biden supporters have filled my news website. I have had cartoons about them both. We need that sense of humour to defuse what may be very serious consequences of all the politicking. I still feel the fall out of the Brexit campaign and that is certainly having a knock on effect in Scotland. Brexit and the Prime Ministership of Boris Johnston has given an impetus to Scottish Independence.

My frustration is that I am powerless. I have sincerely held views and I can argue them but I have no power to change anything. It is like this virus...one feels powerless. So I have to accept that fact and work with it. How can I turn that fact in to a life enhancing opportunity? Learning to face life as it is, learning to realise one's limitations and learning to accept while yet never giving up hope or faith and the determination to pursue justice must be of value. I watched the most moving and powerful BBC documentary on Frank Gardener. He is the BBC correspondent on security. He was shot in Saudi Arabia by Al Quaeda and is now in a wheel chair. His remarkable determination yet with huge frustrations simply made me marvel, again, at the human being. He met other such cases and again and again the strength and purpose of them inspired. Yes, of course and understandably there are those who give in, commit suicide, move in to depression and find life absolutely impossible. They too can be marvels. As someone noted " getting up in the morning is an act of outstanding courage ". Maybe it is an act of courage to accept one's powerlessness and never to submit to despair.

It has been a day of fog. Only at 5pm could I finally see across the mile of the Tay. I managed to walk to the library at 11am and pop in to the shop for a newspaper and a pot of thickened cream ( not yet decreed a non essential!! ). This afternoon I simply 'slobbed out'. I read and watched catch up television. I call it recuperating, re energising, mustering one's forces for tomorrow.

I hope I do not sound like a sulky failure. I do recall being jealous, angry and resentful when some one who took over my position managed to carry out the job and responsibilities more effectively and successfully. Do I have a bit of the Trump in me? Do we all?  The beam in my own eye. Help!