Tired of Complaining

AFTER MONTHS, indeed years of complaining about Donald Trump and his supporters on the internet, and in real space and time, I begin to sense that my internal storm has begun to quieten, and my rage begins to abate. A storm has only so much energy before it "burns" itself out. I joined Facebook several years - ago it may have been about seven years ago, for the express purpose of distributing negative information about Trump and his followers, and to promote this website. Mission accomplished. I began by posting comments about them, then realized that everything I was sayig was being said by many other people, who in many instances were saying it far better than I. At that point I simply began "sharing" the anti-Trump posts of others. Everything I've ever said or shared I sincerely believed, and still do. But it becomes redundant, and there comes a time to stop the repitition, and, as we like to say, to "move on". My Facebook feed now consists of mainly of many pretty pictures of nature; bucolic scenes from wilderness areas, and pretty pictures of animals doing noble and/or cute things. Cats and kittens are my particular specialty. As we know, whatever you express interest in of Facebook by "sharing", you get more of. The wonder of algorythms! Thus as I scroll down my Facebook page I see fewer and fewer insults posted against Trump, and more natural beauty. I am content with that. In the "real" world of face to face human interaction, I am increasinly inclined to "let it go", to forego any remarks or responses to pro Trump comments made by his ardent followers. Let 'em talk. Haven't they that right? If indeed it is personal enlightenent to convert from pro - Trump to anti - Trump, anyone who is potentially "enlighten-able" will so become, without any assistance from me. In fact I know several people who have made that exact conversion, from pro to anti. I know of nobody who has converted from never Trump to forever Trump, and perhaps that is an auspicious indicator. I've always tried to take the "high road", admonishing people not to make crude, unkind remarks about Trump's intelligence or personal appearance. An idiot will reveal his or her idiocy far more effectively then I ever possibly could. Let us let Trump's words and actions speak for themselves, without my augmentation or editorializing. Those who, like me, despise Trump, all he stands for, all he says and does, and all his supporters say and do are generally not happy with this. They want to kepp the bombs dropping and bursting. That's fine. Let 'em. Maybe they too will finally, at some future time, find that they have fully vented their venom, and are done for the day. Maybe we will all reach a stage of casting votes, but not aspersions. I think I've lost more friends from the blue than from the red. I can accept that. But what I cannot and will not accept is a version of myself which fails to become more tolerant, more mature, more intelligent and more restrained than the one who existed yesterday and today. Isn't self improvement the ultimate goal in life?