The Divine Plan

If one were to believe in a divine plan, with or without an omnipotent god or gods behind it, the question of the day is “Why was Donald Trump born? And why is he still living?”

 

I have a theory that he was put on this earth and specifically, the United States, to reveal precisely who we are. Under Biden and Obama and others, the country was awash in people who inherited our legacy of genocide, slavery, misogyny, racism, child abuse, homophobia, unchecked capitalist greed and saw no need to refuse these toxic narratives. We knew they were physically present in our country, but they had no microphone to broadcast their hatred, ignorance and greed. Enter the Toddler King and out they came from the woodwork, like termites given permission to gnaw away at the supporting posts of Democracy and bring the whole house down. 

In short, what was somewhat hidden was now fully revealed. It was bad, mean, cruel and ugly and yes, shocking to realize how widespread and pervasive it is. But as Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron once said, “Nothing goes away until it teaches us what we need to learn.” Biden was such a welcome respite from those first 4 years of horror, but it all just went underground again and back came that Maga Maggot to show us that fundamentally nothing changed in the minds and hearts of those who would perpetuate the worst of our historic legacy.

 

So imagine some benevolent divine plan keeping the guy alive until we learn our lesson. Putting it all on the line and seeing who is ready to truly defend our Democracy, who will stand up to the bullies. Amidst all the caving in have been a few courageous institutions— Harvard, Costco and now Disney walking back its cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel. More, please!!! Not to mention all the individuals, particularly some who voted for the disaster, finally saying “Enough! You’ve gone too far!” Hopefully they all will take to the streets on October 18^th to broadcast our “NO KINGS!” message louder and clearer. As mentioned in an earlier post, I’m hoping for 12 million to step out to reach the 3.5% quota that has historically turned away a fascist takeover. 

 

For all those who have never gone to a protest, who have to cancel taking their kid to their Saturday soccer game, who had plans to go shopping at Costco or play pickleball, please take two hours out of your life and show up! When your grandkids, either trapped in their dystopian future or enjoying the blessings of genuine democracy, ask “What did you do?” the least you can say is, “I made my own sign and went to a march. And that made me more hopeful and more connected to others. And that inspired me to keep speaking out and do everything I could on your behalf."

 

And then, when we have finally learned what we needed to learn and built the wall that turned away the ongoing march of cruelty, ignorance, greed, hatred, finally sent them to the detention camps not as punishment but as remediation, transposing them to kindness, knowledge, simple living, love, that’s when that guy and all his following will finally go away. It’s the Divine Plan. And it can’t be a moment too soon.

 

See you on the 18^th.