The Twelfth Step

Well the country has answered and we’ve all had well over a week for it to settle in. Donald Trump is going to be our next president from 2017 to 2020 and honestly, I’m still a little numb about it all.

I have to say that I was one of those who really wasn’t for any of the candidates running for President this year. In fact, I honestly didn’t even want to vote. I did though, but it wasn’t for Donald Trump and that’s only because of the many times I observed blatant racist comments coming from his mouth, which is something I’m completely against.

But unlike those who have verbally denounced Trump since he won the election and decided to start claiming to the world that he’s not their president, I’m going to give the guy a chance and hope that my fears of the man won’t come to fruition. I always do my best to give everyone the benefit of doubt in my life and to show them unconditional love. That’s why I plan to do the same with Donald Trump because I believe that’s what God would want of me.

I remain nervous though about the potential during his presidency to repeal the gay marriage act that my fellow brothers and sisters worked so hard to achieve over the past decade. I remain nervous about people being deported who have built good lives and families here and been contributing to society. And I remain nervous about things such as abortion becoming illegal all over again, as I’ve always believed a decision like that needs to remain with the individual who’s pregnant and not the government.

Nevertheless, I’ve realized in the past week that there’s only one thing I can do now in regards to our new president. I can pray. And I plan to do just that, a lot. I plan to pray for Donald Trump and send him the things my spiritual teacher taught me to send to someone I’m struggling with. Those things being love, forgiveness, peace, and floodlight. And just to clarify that last one, it’s essentially there to widely spread the first three like a huge floodlight does with light in the darkness.

Thus as we all continue to move forward into the unknown with a country that is so divided on this new president, I remain steadfast in my hope that we all will pray for Donald Trump. Send him that love, forgiveness, peace, and floodlight. Pray that he becomes free of any racist behaviors and pray that God will guide all his thoughts, words, and actions. Because sending any more hate his way, living in fear every day surrounding his presidency, or protesting him adversely to the world is only going to keep your view of this man in the same light it’s probably always been, that being a negative one.

And the reality is our world already has far too much negativity in it. Try focusing on doing the exact opposite by remembering that the love of Christ is unconditional. In doing so, and in continuing to send Donald Trump that love, forgiveness, peace, and floodlight, you not only will be helping him, you’ll also be helping free yourself of toxic energy that has been keeping you from living at your highest spiritual potential in this life…

Peace, love, light, and joy,

Andrew Arthur Dawson