I was excited to learn that President-elect Trump has appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. However; I am angered by the numerous articles written by mainstream media. During RFK Jr’s campaign they rarely mentioned him at all; or they would say only brief, derogatory things about him. They are finally talking about him, but they continue to spread blatant lies that he is an “anti-vaxxer,” that he is a “conspiracy theorist,” and that he is “actively sowing misinformation.” I am so disgusted with NPR and the other news sources who report this nonsense without bothering to investigate the facts. With only a little effort, the average person can find evidence themselves that verify his statements.
I am tired of people who only parrot what they hear on the news, or what someone else has told them, without actually LISTENING and HEARING what Bobby Kennedy has to say. So many people simply believe what others have told them to believe. They do not question and they are incapable of critical thinking. Perhaps this is why I wrote Question Everything: Overcoming Passivity in a Perilous World.
I hope that others will join me in sending loving energy and protective light to surround Bobby Kennedy and also President-elect Trump. People my age often forget; and younger generations have never learned about the assassinations of President Kennedy (Bobby’s uncle) and Robert Kennedy (Bobby’s father.) These heroic men were killed for exposing the truth. Those who have had control of our government for decades will not willingly relinquish the power they have maintained over the American people. We must all remain vigilant and we must fight corruption in whatever peaceful means we can. Bobby Kennedy needs our support now more than ever.
I am hopeful that at long last our country is moving in the right direction; but it may prove to be an arduous, uphill climb. For every step forward we seem to take two steps back and the age of Aquarius, that we sang about in the 1960’s, still feels much too far away. Robert F. Kennedy Jr is our King Arthur. Camelot is more than an imaginary place. It is an ideal for which we must strive. It will take more than optimism. It will take our commitment to the truth. It will require love and compassion. It will demand respect for our fellow Americans – reverence for our planet. Above all, it will require peace – in our hearts and in our homes. We all want peace and we must pray unceasingly for it.
