A Celebratory Week

Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow So Sweet

This week has been an emotional one for those living in my corner of the world. A certain man has left office.

A man who has a penchant for inciting violence, being misogynistic, blatantly racist, LGBTQIA+phobic, unapologetically xenophobic, openly advocating discrimination of members of minority groups, taking children away from immigrant parents putting them in cages, reversing policies which allowed his own wife to move to the United States, lying about putting into place a vaccination plan to help aid the American community during the worst pandemic in its history, screwing up any handling or lack thereof of the pandemic crisis, withdrawing from a the Paris Climate Agreement and setting back years of progress in environmental protection, attempting to abolish Obamacare, not paying his own taxes and increasing tax write-offs for the wealthy and for large businesses while raising taxes for the lower and middle class, lying, lying, more lying and malfeasance in every form…and the list continues. And while I’m a student of spirituality and not religion, can I just say he is guilty of all of these as well? I better stop, because the list doesn’t end, and I’m sure you’re not here to read all of that. Now, we can take a deep breath. We can start healing now and stop allowing this man to cloud all the good there is in the world, and all the good people doing small and big things to make this place humane, kind, and a place to be proud of again.

A Light at the End of the Tunnel

Anyway, I am here to CELEBRATE the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris, also monumental event in which Kamala Harris’ inauguration has broken the glass ceiling in so many ways. In just a few days, the President has already signed executive actions in an effort to undo he-who-must-not-be-named’s initiatives and I am for the first time in a long time feeling empowered and confident in a brighter future! While this huge win takes precedence right now, I have also found joy this week in these small things. After all, when we don’t have big wins like the ones we had this week, small joys in multitude are paramount.

Finding Joy in the Small Things

I hope your week was filled with many joys small or big, and peace in quiet moments.

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PS. The format for this new series was greatly inspired by a wonderful minimalist lifestyle blog by writer Erin Boyle who does a “My Week In Objects (Mostly)” series where she muses on the things that have left a mark on her. I highly highly recommend all her writings and look forward to purchasing and reading her soon to be released book as well!

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