I've pulled back from politics and I don't feel guilty about it. Not yet. [View all]

[Tom Rinaldo]

I'm turning away from ugly truths much more often than not. Little if anything that I'm involved in lately has any larger meaning, beyond the people who i interact with daily.. After years of avoiding Netflix I'm now binging on "The Crown", after burning through "The Extraordinary Attorney Woo" and "The Queen's Gambit" in rapid succession.

I'm not trying to figure out where the Democratic Party "went wrong." I'm not following the contest for the next DNC Chair. I'm not preparing for any upcoming fights. If i was a drinker I would probably be drinking a little bit more than usual. If I had money to burn i would be looking into tropical islands for a getaway.

Reality is as depressing as I've ever experienced it. Worse things have happened to me and my loved ones than Donald Trump winning the presidency, but those events count as personal tragedies and hardships. This is more like everything I believe in being strangled and core ideals being slaughtered. I don't like the America I wake up in every day. I know much worse is coming, and I'm not lifting a finger to stop it. Not Yet anyway. Because I'm depleted.

There is a time to fight, and a time for licking your wounds. The latter is a part of the cycle, and needed for restoring strength. We are in this for a very long haul. I guess I'm still trying to catch my breath.. I know there is work ahead.