07 Nov Daily Message ~ Thursday November 7, 2024

I try to stay out of politics on my feed. I honour everyone’s right to choose and I understand we all want the same basic things, we just have different ideas on how to get there. The common thread is we all, at our core, want positive change.

I believe there are traits that a leader needs to hold to bring us into the new. Those traits are transparency, wisdom, steady temperament, compassion, empathy, and the ability to unite and see the world as a whole. Us against them is not the unity consciousness we are hoping to evolve into.

I am also a person who has experienced a lot of abuse in my past. I have done a ton of healing work in that department, and am now about to celebrate my tenth anniversary with a wonderful partner who loves and accepts me unconditionally. Needless to say, I can now spot an abuser a mile away.

In the first Trump presidency, I had the startling realization that the people of the US were in an abusive relationship with their president. The lies, the gaslighting, the lack of care and compassion, the narcissism – none of it was healthy.

Yet people wanted to see it as something else. It reminded me of my mother telling me that even though my abuser was constantly and unbelievably cruel to me, deep down he loved me so much.

So when Trump got reelected, I have been in a very sad and triggered space. I’ve been sitting here exploring it and I’ve realized that we have done the exact same thing so many abused people have done before, myself included. We have taken our abuser back with the hope that he’ll somehow be different, even though he has clearly shown us that nothing has changed. In fact, his behaviour has accelerated.

But here we are. The people have spoken and that is why having a democracy is important. I will continue to do my healing work, as I realize if I am triggered there is more work for me to do. I will continue to do my best to anchor the traits of the new and encourage others to do the same to create what we all want more of.

I will see this as choosing to have an experience again for growth and expansion and that it is still just as important, if not even more important, to stay true to our highest intentions and beliefs. I will stay committed to my path and love and honour everyone in their choices because ultimately love always wins.

PS. Please acknowledge I’m in a tender place right now. If you don’t agree with this post, I completely understand. Please honour me by resisting the need to comment and keep on scrolling. We can still love each other even if we disagree. 💖