As I see it, there's a difference between clinical depression--depression with a capital D--& depression with a small d. The latter form of depression might include descriptors such as feeling temporarily or occasionally gloomy or distressed. Capital D Depression means nearly ALWAYS feeling gloomy and/or distressed.
If you think current politics are making you depressed, take heart. Politics may leave you feeling frustrated, anxious, distressed, gloomy, or all-of-the-above. This does NOT mean that you are clinically depressed.
Who WOULDN'T be depressed (small d) by all the brouhaha caused by the Mueller investigation? Or what about the poisonous partisanship evident in the fighting between Republicans & Democrats? Or the outlandish statements & proposed policies by one party's presidential hopefuls?
That's my mental health insight(?) for today.
Political Potpourri
"Today, Attorney General William Barr released his summary of the 'principal conclusions reached by the Special Counsel & the results of his investigation.' The document is slight on details, but it contains a key quote from the special counsels report itself.
"Here it is, in full: 'The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.' This is unambiguously good news. If you doubt this, consider the alternative. Just imagine the bomb that would detonate in the American body politic if we discovered through this investigation that a sitting president worked with a hostile government (arguably our chief geopolitical foe) to try to tip the balance in a close election.
"Instead, Americans should feel even greater confidence in the legitimacy of the 2016 election." ["Barr's Letter Contains Unambiguously Good News for the U.S.", David French, National Review Online 3/24.]
My Takeaway
- Conservative pundits were right all along when they predicted that there was no collusion.
- So was President Trump
- TDS [Trump Derangement Syndrome] is way worse than Bush Derangement Syndrome ever was.
- President Trump suffered from close associates who let him--and us--down.
- I would still vote for Trump given the alternative.
- For another take on the Mueller investigation, check ouT "After Mueller's Exoneration of Trump, Full Disclosure," Andrew McCarthy, NRO 3/23.
WISDOM
"So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90:12
"This wisdom sees beyond the here & now, looking back on what we've learned & lived through in the past while focusing on the future. Which begs the question: How might my words & deeds today bring glory to God who has secured my future in Christ?" ["Psalms for Lent," Jane Wilke, Creative Communications for the Parish, 2018]
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