[Magdalen] Distracting oneself from POTUS - was Prayer pat / request hybrid.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Good for you, Kristin! I set my FaceBook app to block posts that include his name, but that only works on my computer. 

> On Mar 7, 2017, at 11:59 AM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com> wrote:
> 
> I took Ash Wednesday as the excuse to do what I've kind of wanted to do
> for a few weeks: I gave up the president for Lent.
> 
> Obviously, I can't banish all mentions of him from my life, but I'm
> cutting way back. I'm intentionally avoiding live events including him.
> I am temporarily deleting the few political podcasts I listen to. And I
> have hidden my twitter list that shows me he and his veep's tweets, and
> have set Twitter to hide from me all tweets including either of their
> surnames.
> 
> I intended to be more intentional about starting a habit of reading
> newspapers and/or their web sites, but have not had as much success with
> that part of things.
> 
> I needed a break: I couldn't live in constant fear and anger. And I hope
> that by Easter I'll have started to figure out how to stay reasonably
> informed without allowing myself to be toyed with by every tweet and lie
> coming from the Oval Office, its occupant, and his staff.
> 
> Kristin
> 
> -- 
>  Kristin Rollins
>  kristin at verumsolum.com
>  Portsmouth, VA
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>> Mike, you are not the only one with that last one. Him, his whole staff,
>> and the horses they rode in on. I am trying to distract myself with other
>> things.
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>> On Mar 6, 2017, at 10:52 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>> And, I beg your prayers for my soul, as I am beginning to harbor hatred in
>>> my heart for our president.