Coping, Somehow, With Hating Trump

FACEBOOK, for all its shortcomings and pitfalls, is blessed to host a large number of groups opposed to all things Trump, one of which, perhaps a bit hyperbolically, is named "Trump Will Be the Death of Our Country". Hyperbolic or not,I join them all. My sister astutely remarked, during the prevaricator-in-chief's first term, that the nation will survive Trump. True that. Indeed it did, and will yet again, but I responded, not witout some measure of merit, with a question: "Yes, it will, but in what condition?" It struck me, and still strikes me, that survival means individual as well as national survival, and I posted on the "Trump will be the death of our coutry" page, a partially rhetorical comment, which,roughly paraphrasing myself, went someting like: "I am looking for ways to deal in a healthy manner with my intense hatred of Trump." I typed it in large letters, which only added to the attention it received, which, in any event, would have been considerable. The responses and suggestions came pouring in, and I appreciate all of them, with sincere thanks. Someone, actually several someones, evidently ignoring my stipulation "healthy" suggested drugs and alcohol. Been there, done that. To quote Keith Richards: "I never got a flash from no cocktail"."Gummies", presumably of the marijuana laced kind, were a popular option. Well, maybe, but ingesting pot orally doesn't seem to do much for me, high wise. I'm a bong guy, as are, it seems, many of of fellow "Trump Will Be the Death of Our Country" countrymen. On the healthy side, one lady said that she exercies a lot, and meditates. Well, again, thanks to everyone for chipping in. Fact is, I have already tried every suggestion thus made long before thay were made, and still, no dice. My conclusion is that the only truly healthy way to deal with my hatred of Trump is...to simply feel it. Let it happen. Don't deny it. As we say, "let it out". As one of my friends adroitly said; "whatever is inside you must come out". I assume he was referring to emotional responses,rather than internal organs, which should never come out, or fecal matter, which must, at the risk of intestinal blockage. But the point is well taken; pent up emotions can lead to stress and anxiety, which in turn can lead to various mental and physical illnesses,ranging from schizophrenia to cardiovascular problems. At the end of the day, as we like to say, there is no solution to the bad health impact asociated with barboring hatred other than the most obvious, which of course is refraining from harboring it. As the Dhammapada says: "He beat me, he abused me, he defeated me, he robbed me. The hatred of those who harbor such thoughts is never appeased, but the hatred of those who do not harbor such thoughts is always appeased. And this is a law eternal." well, true enough. Nothing could be more obvious, nor wiser. I know full well that my mental and physical health will never be fully restored, nor the harmful effects assocated with negative emotions assauged, by using drugs, exercising, meditating, or anyt other prescription. There is only one way to stop harming one's self with hatred; stop the hatred. Never in my entire life did I ever have the faintest idea that I would ever come to hate anyone as much as I hate Donald Trump. I fantasize about his demise. I have loathed him for decades, ever since he started posing for front page pictures on the "National Enquirer" back in the day. My hatred of him grows by the day, and there seems to be no relenting of it. Perhaps there comes a time when the cancer has spread so widely that the metastasis is beyond control, and one can only acccept and somehow endure it. Such is my unrelenting hatred of Donald Trump. We change what we can, and endure what we must. Meanwhile, I am comdemned by my inherent nature to go right on hating Donald Trump. But it sure feels better to talk about it, even if nobody listens.