I’m Scattered All Over The Place!

So my daughter and I are on the phone chatting about this, that, the other and the politics of our world and, as usual, I’m worriedly dispensing my cautionary advice that she has to be careful, that we are living in a dangerous world, that we should be alert and vigilant all the damn time! At the end of the conversation I tell her: I will always worry about all of you my children and grandchildren! “Mama,” she says, “Stop it! You are now laying on the guilt and sounding like a typical Jewish Mother!” How do you like that sassy response? As we are laughing, I tell her: “Don’t disparage me! That’s antisemitism you know, because I am a Semite after all!” I went on laughing all morning after that, and, at the same time thinking about how throwing around “antisemitism” has become a very convenient tool to brandish about for valid reason, or utter nonsense! It is a desire probably based on Human Frailty and Victimhood, which the ADL and AIPAC have Mastered to a Nauseating, Self-defeating and almost Comical Degree! Much as we declare that we have evolved as a Human Race I often think that we are Regressing in so many aspects!

These past two weeks I have been scattered all over the damn place! You see, my daughter, her two adult children and moi (for the umpteenth time!) have been in the process of moving from one home to another smaller one and finding out that downsizing and packing is not an easy chore after living in one location for a long time. Our “things” and “stuff” had all found a home in a closet, on a shelf, in a corner somewhere around the house. Now, as we are packing we wonder why we had held on to this or that item that hasn’t even been used for years on end? Why do we have much of everything really? This Consumerism that has overtaken most of us is quite disgusting to be honest, myself included! As I make a donation pile my mind wanders off to Gaza and the West Bank. “They couldn’t even pack,” I tell my grandchildren. “Many barely had time to get out of their homes, or the shelter they were in before the bombs went off! They scurried away and some were felled by the sniper bullets being aimed at them by a Heartless, Merciless Army and the Evil, Cruel Government that Ordered them!” Ach, my Aching Heart!

I took my favorite plant in the car with me after the truck was loaded and on its way to unload at our new place. I looked at her trembling and shaking with the movement of the car as I drove along and I heard her mumbling: “Where is she taking me? I was happy and comfortable. Why is she disrupting my entire existence?” Was the plant reflecting my own anxiety? My own trepidation? Is it because the older I get the more difficult and discombobulating moving and everything else becomes? Or, is it that Life itself has become more Complicated, more Insecure, more Dangerous, more Unfathomable now that we are living through some of the most Dangerous Years that the Political Leaders of this World have created and mismanaged to this disconcerting extent? There have always been dangerous situations in our World, somehow, though, it never felt that there was this much angst all over the Planet, that so many Humans are suffering, questioning, wondering and dissatisfied with their Leadership? Is it that we are all more Aware of the Malevolent Greed, Ineptness and Corruption of those whom we have elected, or whom have appointed themselves to rule over us? It is even more astounding how much Ignorance, Misinformation, Lies, Deceit and Propaganda are swirling around us causing a miasma of foreboding and contributing to the unease. I think this Modern Technological Life is making Humans Stupider not Smarter, Stressed not Relaxed! A striking example for me, amongst the other numerous jaw-dropping occurrences these days, was resurrecting and reexplaining the Epstein Scandal ad nauseam. (And, no, Epstein did Not commit suicide. He was offed! Full stop! End of discussion!) Moreover, Trump has certainly caused much of the jaw-dropping – undoubtedly and of course! – with his Chaotic, Erratic, Rule By Whim and Mood Governance and depending on which side of the bed he arose from, let alone the Illegality and Unconstitutionality of his decisions, but, I have to admit that he has also caused much of the once-hidden Corruption and Ineptness in our Government to be Exposed, as well as the fact that Both Political parties – Democrats and Republicans – are rotten to the core. Could we do something about that perhaps? I don’t have an answer! I just hope that we will before it’s too late!

And Gaza? The West Bank? Palestinian Humans? Some are saying this, some are saying that, all of them are just assumptions, because none of us know what “arrangements,” “deals” and “quid pro quo” agreements are being plotted behind those closed doors! They say: “We’re Negotiating.” and “We’re thinking about options.” Really? Seriously? “What’s the hurry?” “It’s complicated!” “Yes, thousands have perished, thousands have been orphaned, widowed and maimed, but that happens!” Really? Seriously? All of you are a bunch of liars, hypocrites, cowards, racists, colonists and total failures! It is much beyond Tragic, Egregious, Cruel and Criminal!

However, Yes, I’m settling in after our move, but I’m still scattered all over the place! There’s too much that is absolutely incomprehensible going on in our world, and does anyone know what our future holds, that is, if there is even a future to look forward to when even the climate is behaving as Erratically as Trump and causing tragedies all over the Planet? Europe is arming itself and getting ready to confront Putin? Do they even realize that “Poking The Russian Bear” (get it?) will not end well for them, or the World? Trump threatens to bomb Iran (he did!), Russia, China and Whomever, Whenever! I’m afraid that all this Bad Blood will Erupt in a Humongous Catastrophe? I don’t know! Does Anyone?