The Heart of the Problem. Part 3. 01 APR 2025.

Today, I checked into the hospital for a day of observation before my triple bypass surgery. I’m remarkably calm considering what’s in store for me

I am struggling to keep my composure these days as the USA rushes headlong into Fascism. Every fiber in my body wants to scream and get upset, but I am scheduled for triple coronary bypass surgery tomorrow, so I can’t get worked up or upset anymore. 

My mental effort now is all about meditating and staying calm. I protested and warned people for years about the Republican menace and threat to our democracy, but most people ignored me, or claimed that I was an alarmist.  I failed at my warnings, but I’m on the sidelines now, out of the game. I want to enjoy whatever time I have left. 

Letting go of a passionate belief is hard unless you have another passion to replace it with. I am lucky to have that passion for my partner/husband Hal because I would have been dead years ago without him. I owe him my life and dedicate the rest of my life to him. Politics be damned. 

I’ll still pay attention to what happens, but I’ll be an observer from now on. I hope there are enough people to carry the torch forward from here.