I'm addressing this to everyone, here, at Asking Jude -- especially the peer counselors, as they are studying human psychology.... Early in the a.m. of this first day of the work week, I got out of bed and started up my computer. I also turned on my transistor radio to an overnight talk show. A man called into the show and, speaking in an authoritarian manner, forced the show host to talk about the election; i.e., whether the host accepted the ruling of the Supreme Court. This was oe of those moments in my life when an authority figure makes a statement that establishes reality in many people's minds -- including my mind. I stood in my apartment, my home, and said to myself "It's official, the crazy people won." And, spontaneously, I thought of music. A song started up in my mind, a song that I've listened to on a CD that I have, a compilation CD of songs from the late 1960s. I'm naming the song: "One Tin Soldier." How do I explain this? Am I coping with the terrible reality that I'm living in?
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Hey, Helen! Thank you for getting back to me. You've given me something to focus on, during this terrible time for all human beings, here, in the USA, during the pandemic -- and, specifically, for this human being... Thank you for the work that you do. My response to what was going on on that radio show was an unconscious action on my part, something that I frequently do in the course of any day in y life, here in NYC... Where ever you are, I hope you are doing well... Thank you, again...