Every day I read the news or happen to catch it on tv- I am in a dither! I find that there’s always something that bothers me or causes me great grief or anxiety. I grew up in Manhattan so I didn’t think anything would be new, but maybe it’s aging. Not all of it, I am sure. I live outside Chicago and now I am afraid of the city- the shootings of innocent people, the carjackings, the street robberies- how can you live with that? And it is all over and creeping into the suburbs. Then there is national news and I am fed up with stories about Trump- do you hear? I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE! He’s a criminal of the first magnitude in every thing he does and all he cares about is money. Why don’t more people see the reality? Why are there so many good people who insist on sticking with this man for President? He had the most corrupt Presidency in history? Who appoints people to head agencies that they want to do away with? Not correct, not make better- but do away with completely. Who has a son-in-law enrich himself of a 2 billion dollar deal with the Saudis while in office. Even the president used his office for lucrative gains for himself and his cronies! Who does that??? So hence the anxiety. Now tell me, should I never watch the news or read the Times and Washington Post online. That’s very difficult for a news junkie. I don’t think I could live with that either. I have always prided myself with the notion that I have kept abreast of all critical information. I read Paul Krugman’s post, signed up for Robert Reich’s class and discussions, read everything written by a fave of mine since law school (non-practicing)- Lawrence Tribe. They are part of who I am. Do I change that, too. But they speak “truth to power” so to speak. I think I may get rid of my anxiety or at least some of it and become someone else- a someone that is no longer me. So you see my problems? Help, by writing a reply mikkimendelsohn.blog – mikki’s mindset