Channel the energy from your disgust and heartbreak - no, don't pick up a flag and ride off to another windmill. Who are the people in your life? - your everyday life - that need an uplifting? Do not put yourself in danger. Sometimes the simplest act of courtesy has a profound effect. Maybe care a little bit more about those folks. Act in kindness, expect nothing in return; spend your energy on the redeemable, celebrate any act of kindness disposed upon you. Vote with your dollar, eschew braggarts and brigands. Call b.s. on the b.s.ers. Celebrate your blessings, and never ever, ever, let the b@stards get you down.
It is what it is. How you act, how you go from here, is your choice. You have the choice to represent. Lead by example - if need be, by loud example. Peace, my beautiful peeps - I'll need a moment to process, but golly, in this moment, I find myself in the company of well made friends.
To all of you, in some small way, you have made me grow. I am enriched.