America is Lost

Yes, many of US people voted. Yet too many got their news from perhaps communist platforms like TikTok; which is made by a communist government and believed by what has been presented without further fact-checking of the information presented on those platforms. As well, American adults do not read enough non-fiction material in books, various articles, and from various sources. Laziness has now become prevalent and the deciding factor of greed. Americans used to say, “How can I do better? How can I be kinder? What can I do for democracy?” 

Now, instead, the worm has turned, and it is, “Only I deserve wealth. Only I deserve to have enjoyment. Only I know better. I want things that benefit me.” Isolationism is rife with ignorance. We’ve become more provincial. Already having preconceived notions of what someone is capable of or not capable of. Many have made up their minds to propagate their ignorance then to spread their diseased ideologies and vote ill-informed.

I had this debate with my husband over our nearly 39-year relationship. He, the innocent college boy-man from an upper middle-class family, well-educated. Me a girl from an unconscionable upbringing; yet I still believed in serving others. I served my family as a child, I was not cared for in completeness then; however, I cared deeply for others and our country's future. I dreamt of becoming a US Marine to help the US maintain a democracy, freedom and also to spread equality and freedom for others in some other lands. And so, I served.  

It was in me to care. Caring for another's welfare. Because as my husband had put it, "You were never a little girl. You were always 41 years old." 

My thinking has been as my Soul is old. I've felt that oldness quite a bit in my life. 

The debate we’d had was he'd state, "Don't worry Jody we have checks and balances in this nation." I'd replied, "I don't think it's that strong." We would go back and forth on this debate. 

As he’d began to pass in 2020, he'd began to realize, sadly, that I'd won that debate. Sadly, I knew I had. When he was healthy, I'd express where America needed to go. How we needed to eradicate the things honoring racism. How we had to make reparations for a multitude of things we'd done wrong; that was in order to progress forward as a nation.

Too, how oppressive the medical field still was and had been to women. He began to see the light on women's health early due to a crime that happened to me over three decades ago. But still, it was difficult for him to get the whole picture till ten years ago, as he'd seen me have to face a death sentence. Then he'd said, "Do what you think. I know you cannot do what the doctor is suggesting." I replied, "Yes. Because I'll be crippled, then dead and unable to witness our daughters graduating from high school." He then realized that I knew more on what to do to survive with my body intact than the medical field did. 

I went along quietly on my path, worked on the medical issue with alternative medical treatment, coupled with prayer. In a way I've been nearly all my life. I believe positive possible energy is the best weapon I've had against many illnesses, injuries and diseases. I also know, you don't have to be one religion or another to accomplish such. You just have to move intentionally in the direction of your soul and not listen to the negatives. Read quietly and heal to the best of your ability.

Now that the American people have set themselves back decades. Only a few will accept responsibility for their health that they were gifted with. The health that they trashed, and they expect to be owed for their gluttony. They haven’t addressed the pollution that they continue to cause themselves. --- Jody-Lynn Reicher