Sustainability and Politics: Trump's Trip Was a Catastrophe for U.S.-Europe Relations

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Trump's Trip Was a Catastrophe for U.S.-Europe Relations - The Atlantic

Trump's Trip Was a Catastrophe for U.S.-Europe Relations - The Atlantic

So Trump is pivoting away from -- or blowing up the bridges to -- our European allies. Refusing to confirm Article 5 of NATO, waffling on committing to the Paris Agreement on working seriously to reverse climate change, literally pushing people, acting like an aloof and hostile jerk...

Just for the record here as well.. shameful. Putting his new and strange interests ahead of out country's historic and well-respected role as leader and partner in the modern league of nations... catastrophic.

Hopefully people in other countries realize we all don't feel this way.

Actually most of us are shamed, angry, and insulted by Trumps immature, bizarre and destructive behavior.

It is hopefully a very short chapter in the history of our country.

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I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.

What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.

Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?

Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.

Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)

Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.

But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)

Still we are finite on this ride.

It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.

For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.