After the Storm — 2.0 — Mary Lane, South Eugene, Oregon, USA
“NA…NA..NA..NA
NA…NA…NA…NA
Hey..Hey…Hey
Goodbye….” (Repeat)
I can’t possibly be the only one who wants to gather about 5 million of his closest friends and go stand out side the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20500) and shout:
“LOCK HIM UP…..LOCK HIM UP…”
But I am in the good mood and willing to resist my baser instincts. There are plenty of stupid people in the world (I don’t have to look much further than the mirror to find one) and it is time for all of us stupidos to forgive one another.
This year should not be a season of thanksgiving. It should be a season of forgiveness and forbearance. I invite you to add in the comments one single thing or person that you forgive. Okay I’ll start:
I forgive my aorta for being moderately restricted.
I forgive myself for eating too much, sugar, fat, carbohydrates, and bad butter (Tillamook, I love it).
I forgive my moderately high blood pressure
I forgive my friends and lovers, past present and (hopefully future) in advance for saying: I told you so.
I forgive my best friends who have died too early (Rebo Flordigan, Ben Bochner, Sam Williams, Della Moustachella)
I forgive my “others” for not dying soon enough (names withheld by request)
I forgive the Dali Lama for saying he might not need another incarnation. What are we supposed to do in the world without another Dali Lama? But a Chinese Dali Lama? I see his point and I forgive him.
I forgive all the 5.0 or better pickleball players who have humiliated me on the court. I even forgive the 4.0 players who have kicked my ass. See I’m full of forgiveness.
I forgive the Irish woman who broke my heart.
I forgive the British woman who broke my heart.
I forgive the Czech woman who would have broken my heart if she gave me a chance
I forgive all women in Morocco and India for being so beautiful that just looking at them breaks my heart.
I forgive myself for looking.
I forgive the Covid virus pandemic for ending the season of the Oregon Women’s Basketball Team before they could win a National Championship. It’s a stretch, but I forgive it (I mean it’s only a virus, afterall)
I forgive Texas.
I forgive Ohio
I forgive Florida
I forgive almost all of the mid-western states.
They all know why.
I forgive the Humpback whale that almost killed me on my paddle board last January. I think she was just playing with me, but if you keep playing like that someone’s gonna get hurt…
I forgive kids throughout the world for acting like children when it is obvious they need to step up and act like geniuses. Can’t you kids see how the world is being ruined by adults? Get it together willya? Stop playing around.
I forgive Donald J. Trump for being a loser. I forgive him for playing golf while the world dies from disease. I forgive him for being self-absorbed and fatally flawed. I forgive him (in advance) for how expensive it will be for the Secret Service to protect him when he is in jail. I forgive him for the expense of the nice, country club like jail they will have to find for him. I forgive him for being banned from Twitter, for the probation cuff he will have to wear while under house arrest, and for all of his present incarnation
It’s a big, long, difficult stretch, But I forgive him.
Now it’s your turn.
