So getting back to this election process, how it has ended up is "not" healthy for this country, because it is "devided". And while there is and has been a devide already because of the difference between "Democrats" and "Repulicans", we have always been able to overcome that when we make efforts to "meet in the middle". When Clinton was president, he made efforts to "meet in the middle" and when he did that, we came together as a country, and we grew. When that happens, we have a "true leader" and the line of separation subsides and we all work together.

The past four years, that has not happened, and there has been a great deal of animosity in Washington, we call that "gridlock".

This is every bit like a child growing up, trying to have "faith in self" and "feel safe and nurtured" and to the "subconscious depths" gains permission to "thrive on their own and be strong". If that child is in an environment of "disfunctional" parents that argue and resent and battle for control and respect, that child will "not" have the "needed subconscious messages" to have balance and knowlege of compromise and direction to thrive".

This is exactly what we are now as a "nation". When this takes place, we are vulnerable and at great risk of becoming a "victim" and even falling into an abiss of "depression". We have already been seeing that take place. And, this nation is now at the point where it is growing more and more dependant on our government. What this is like is a child that "never grows up, remains dependant until the parents can no longer provide". As human beings, we are not designed to "thrive" this way. Living things that are designed to survive in "groups" or "herds" have to allow for the young to be "nurtured and understand how to "self sustain" as well as be a functional part of the "group, or herd". And we cannot "just" talk about it, we have to know how to do it. A child cannot "flourish" when parents just "talk about" a need to get along and "respect" each other and find a way to have a balance. A child needs to "see it take place" and get the correct messages where that child builds a "balanced subconscious library of problem solving and direction" to truely "thrive".

If we teach a child to "be a dependant" that is what that child will expect to thrive on, "dependancy". And all we have to do is look at Greece to see where this leads as a country.

We are a long way from "Kennedy's" message of "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country".

The bottom line is that "aside from all the promises" of no taxes and more "gifts", we will, infact, be paying out "more taxes" and the only thing that will "change" is how that is "described". And that is exactly what is taking place right now in our "government", because we cannot "thrive" as a country of citicizens on the "take" anymore. And, yes, big bird will have to "fend for self" along with many other "things" that we may feel we are somehow "entitled" to have.

The "election is over" now, and we have 6 weeks or less to finally "deal" with the "cliff" that has been looming, being held off so that it can look like "we will be allowed to continue to "depend" the way so many have become accustomed to and now feel "entitled to depend". And if the "proverbial parents" don't stop "arguing" and just "talking about respect", they will "lose the home and food on the table and the marriage" and ofcourse we all know the children will "suffer" which in this case is "Amercian citizens". And no amount of "antidepressant" medication will "solve that".

And to use the word "revenge" "IS " bad. A child will not thrive with parents who begin to act on and talk about revenge. The parents "must" actually learn to "respect" and "work together" for that child to "honestly know how to do that as well".

Fear mongering?, Ok, then let's see how this unfolds and how we actually have to deal with the "CLIFF" that we truely can no longer "ignore". We are borrowing money from China, well take a good look at the "citizens" there, are they happy? Remember those nets now when you "consider that" and also think about the "Apple" factory where those workers cannot even earn enough to "buy one for themselves". What will happen if we cannot repay our debt to China? Oh, and lets not forget to notice how "China" is "slowly taking our technology for themselves". Remember what "human nature truely is" when it comes to "taking ideas and finding a way to "claiming". If parents are fighting, and cheating, and refuse to get along and it all comes down to "revenge" what happens? The productivity dissipates and finally the "banks" don't care and just "call the loan and foreclose".

Think about a woman who "stays in a bad marriage" and bears verbal or even physical abuse because she doesn't have the "means" to walk away. A woman who now "believes" she "can't make it even if she tries to obtain some kind of education to do so". If she tries hard, she will at least send a message to her children, do not let this happen to you, but these children will be at a loss because they will have not truely "seen" how it can be different, how it doesn't have to be about "revenge or disrespect". And I know all about this myself as I see my own daughter "not want to end up like mother" but not know how to "do respect in a realationship" herself. Thank god, at least she is educated and knows how to "thrive" alone somehow.

And if we really look, where is the American "family" now? What is the busiest forum here at PC? Take a look at all the headings, and the constant "challenge" that is discussed in that forum.

I watched this election and what was "permitted" to take place, and forget "trickle down economics that don't work", we have an enormous "trickle down of terrible ways that our "adult" prospective leaders are allowed to say and behave like. Basically, "it is ok to lie and bully and cheat, it is expected and a sign of "freedom" in our country? What gets me is that these are people that are supposed to be "Highly educated". When I hopped on the computer this morning to check my mail and come here I see a picture of Obama "crying" and "thanking his campaign people". And it is well known how "down and dirty" that campaign was from the get go along with all kinds of "lies".

I sit across from my daughter, who is very outgoing and thriving, except for having a good healthy working relationship with a man. And I am so proud of her on so many levels. And we are talking about this young girl that really has talent and is pretty and yet so incredibly lost, depressed, confused, no direction or even "how" to believe she can actually "thrive"somehow. My daughter "wants to help her" but she wonders if it will work. Will she be able to house this young 19 year old, motivate her to get a job, find it within herself to thive inspite of her "very disfunctional" upbringing, and get on track with a productive life? Or, will she just fall apart and try to "free load", thinking that is all she can do? Will she just fall apart at the first sign of "struggle" or "negetive message from some employer"? Idk, she is very low and frail right now, it is such a big challenge. My daughter has done miracles with "abused animals", and has one now that has really responded in a remarkable way to her "rehabiliatation and retraining". But a human being is more complex in so many ways.

While this may not seem to "relate" to what I am seeing of my country, it does connect, it really speaks volumes of our youth of today and what kind of "messages" they can "grab onto" that actually says, yes, you can thrive "inspite" of all these "negetive" messages being thrown your way. And, like never before, our youth is bombarded with lots of negetive messages because of our vast technology that exposes them to so many troubling messages that make them "question" themselves in so many ways.

I pray, that we find our way away from this divide in our country. No, the word "revenge" is never a part of, real growth and balance. I think so many people, myself included, "craved" some presence in the middle in this election. Yes, there was this strong desire to have a presence that cut through all the "negetive" confusion and just talk about "a real plan" for repair and getting together in a viable direction "away" from the low life rederick and vagueness and "bikering" and "name calling childs play we were all subjected to that tired us all out. None of us as citicizens should be "afraid" to watch a debate or listen to the different "ideas" our presidencial candidates present for us to "choose" as we go and vote. And what a "waste" of so many "BILLIONS" to "attack and promote this constant method of "deformation" of charector often based on "lies". With a country where so many are homeless and even starving? Wow, while it is good to have our choice and be able to "vote", we really have let this process take such a "degrading, and childish, almost very primitive and disfuctional, wasteful direction.

I actually felt the "vice presidential" debate was "disgusting to watch" and I "hated Bidens behavior, it was so "disrepectful" of American citizens who are so challenged right now. And yes, I was taken back by Obama's seemingly uninterested and unpreparedness in the first debate as well. I felt like climbing into my TV to stand there and say, "sorry the American people what to "hear from you" because we are very worried about how we can't make ends meet and thrive as we used to in the country." Yes, I would have liked a "third and mature" candidate to cut through all of that for me somehow. For any adult, woman or man to say, I don't want to "watch the debates" or "listen" because it is too upsetting and "depressing" or "triggers me" or "fills me with anxiety", wow, that is really "bad". It's pretty bad when we, American citizens find ways to "disassociate" from the "process" and just open up receptors to "some of our needs that might be respected or met somehow".

And sadly, that is exactly what I did as a child who grew up in "disfuction and suffered abuse I didn't understand", find ways to "disassociate" the bad and find whatever "positives" I could be receptive to. I was one of those "daughters" of a mother stuck too and I did see that in a confused way and I didn't tell about my being abused because I knew it would get worse for her. No, I didn't reach my full potential as a human being because of all of that, I am more than aware of that now, in a way I never dreamed of dealing with it "all over again".

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