Current Political Events And How They Had Affected My Life. Reactions With Emotions: Collision of Forces
Politics and Poetry: Dividing to Unite
No Matter What Keep Going. GK
Moving one step forward
On the road ahead.
Into the unknown
That lies ahead.
2/17/2025GK
Current Political Events And How They Had Affected My Life
I try not to get into politics so much and focus on health, prevention and wellness, and other positive things in life like spending time with family, and friends, creating art, and enjoying nature. Life is a precious gift. Each day I am grateful for being here on earth to observe and enjoy my life. Yet, our environment and environmental factors do affect our health and well-being greatly. This last month has been very stressful in my life and in the lives of many people around me. The events that have unfolded were events I never thought I would see in my life. Just as when COVID-19 hit and we had a lot of unknown things in life, and at least it was a virus we were all fighting together. Although it was a trialing time I did not mind working double shifts and many hours as a nurse to help people get better, provide support, answer questions, and develop safety materials. It was a uniting force instead of a dividing force in our lives.
In a recent conversation with a very good friend, she suggested writing about how I feel and what is happening in my life. Thank you
. I do have to say it is not easy to write about this and be vulnerable in front of the world and be vulnerable in front of the people who are close to me and might read my work.I am not doing as well as I hoped to be.
There is a certain amount of fear as well as expressing my emotions and feelings on an open platform leaves a wide open door and it can be hard to know what can walk through that door. On the other hand, I agree with my friend it is not good to hold things in. I have listened to many other stories in my life of people going through hardships and dealing with emotional breaks. This is my story of the current events of my life and how they created turmoil inside my heart.
I generally try to look at life more as a cup half full than a cup half empty and honestly it has been difficult to carry on care for regular things in my life and my work with patients when it feels like the world around us as we know it is collapsing.
It can be difficult to focus on wellness and healing when there are so many unknowns and uncertainties in our lives currently. This past week I could not get much inspiration to write or read. I know many people have been hurting, in fear, have lost their jobs, have been violated by breaches of their security, and have been forced into chaos.
It can be hard to focus when the mind keeps wondering what will be next. What is the next craziness that will be happening, what is the next e-mail I will be getting with weird thoughts that do not make sense to me in the order of things?
Will I be getting an e-mail next week stating my job is no longer needed?
Will any of my family or friends find themselves without a job? Without a home? Without a country?
I can not write about my work and what is been going on unfortunately. If you know me you know where I work and can imagine it has been difficult. Difficulties can happen every day in our lives, some more straining than others, and this one has been one of the hardest months in my life. Imagine what you see in the news and magnify it by a few hundred or thousand times day to day, hour by hour.
One could ask: Why do you stay in this chaos?
My answer would be: I will stay as long as I can for the people around me and the patients that surround me. No matter what they all need what we can provide and if in the middle of the chaos I can help one person, my purpose is to keep going and do my best to do just that. On some days that one person might just be me.
It was my choice to be a nurse in this country. I have studied for many years to learn my second language, to redo all my nursing education, and to keep going to higher levels of my University Education to get my BSN, MN in nursing, and my PhD in Public Health. I serve my country as a nurse and a public health professional and now a writer and an author. A country I love, the country that gave me a second home. The country where I live is the United States of America. The country that has been my home for close to 30 years. I have lived most of my life and all my adult life in this amazing country. This is my home and I hope it can stay my home. I have many amazing friends, family, and people I deeply care about who lives here.
It can be easy to get lost in the politics and the power struggle of the few while watching the news. Under the surface there are people and I do believe that in this country just as in all of the countries in this world people want to live peaceful lives with their families. It is the few people who are greedy and power-hungry that cause trouble to the billions of other people who want to live simple and regular lives and enjoy every day.
I believe that most people just like me want to be with their family, do a good job at work, have friends, maybe travel, and do something creative in their lives. Pretty simple right? Being safe, having something to eat, a roof over our heads, heat, and some clothing and we are good.
It is heartbreaking to see that the basic rights of humanity to exist the way we are, to be accepted, and to live freely just by being who we are can so easily be taken away. I see and feel the pain of many and endure this pain as well. Do we have to go back to the dark ages and hide who we are, who we love how we prefer to be called?
Why we can not just simply be?
Yesterday I did feel some inspiration - a special thank you to my friend
for encouraging me to write how I feel. I decided to write through poetry which is my outlet to express myself.Collision of Forces
Thoughts fly,
No way to stop them
Oh my…
Sitting in nature
On a wooden bench.
Feeling the energy
Coming by.
Feeling the strength
Escalating.
A figure walks by.
Unknowing who and what.
One can not see the face just a contrast
From the corner of the eye.
A shadow squeezing by…..A floating figure
Like a gentle breeze.
Touching hearts and souls
With amicable ease.
Time stops.
There is a moment
Between all the moments.
It is like when one second
Becomes an infinite division
Of all seconds in life.
In this fraction of a second
One understands everything.
Every aspect of life.
Every aspect of our being.
The universe keeps beating.
There is a sense of calm,
Yet a sense of fire.
With the heart
Jumping and knowing
A unique animation flowing.
Standin' up
Hearing the words
Feeling the strength.
Unknowing yet self-collecting
All that one has.
Building on the inner strength.
On the knowing
When one has to act.
Hearing the voice of the
Inner screams.
There are times in life
When Heaven and Hell unite.
To protect all existence.
All that surrounds.Life has no bounds.
Standing up now,
Hearing the drum.
The drum of life.
Of all living and dead.
Heaven and Hell
Comes to claim
All what we have.
Looking into the souls
Of every living thing.This is what we are
Kind and cruel beings.
Innocents die.
Murderers survive.
Justice fails.
Humanity cries.
Countries have fallen.
Many will die.
From the ashes of the past,
Will a new way come by?
Will the strength of others,
Give us strength to thrive?
Will courage and love
Rise high above the sky?
Will the cry of many,
Bring a holding hand?
Will the birth of one,
Save everyone?
Can hope collide with hate?
Can one hear the music of human fate?
Destruction and hate,
Why are you my fate?
Can humans unite?
To survive and thrive?
Can one bring a hand,
From caring and love?
Can one show more …..
Moving from hatred to love?
Can we build again?
From the ashes of hatred?
From the ashes of greed?
Can we learn to be,
Just be,
With no agenda to be?
2/16/2025 GK
Listen to this poem through my voice which transpires with emotions as I read this poem:
This poem was originally published on the Medium platform.
Thank you for reading, listening, and being here with me.
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Gabriella
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I try not to get into politics so much and focus on health, prevention and wellness, and other positive things in life like spending time with family, and friends, creating art, and enjoying nature.
I, too, hate politricks. Yes, politricks. But positivity heals.
This is bbbeeeaaauuutttiiifffuuulll, but heart breaking. But this is my world. I will add something to it. It hurts reading it. Will finish in a few minutes.