Maybe if they could see their fellow humans as they say their God does, they would find themselves in a much better place. Maybe more people would believe if they saw love for ALL mankind, not just those like them. There is no hate like Christian love!
Understand it yet? See it yet? Or you still think all is well? Is this how America should be? Since when do we threaten to get people not like you to follow? Is this how it will be across the board soon? If you’re not Christian? If you’re not white? If you don’t listen to the same news station? See where this is headed yet? Do you?
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Cut their wages rather than funding for children! Guess when one of their kids or grandkids get cancer, God forbid, and they can’t get treatment or meds…they’ll figure it out! This is horrific! So much for pro life huh?!🤬 The whole pro life stance is about controlling women and their choices. Make them have babies that will be in the system, drug addicted, homeless, abused…then bitch when the mom needs assistance to raise that baby she was forced to have and don’t allow the kid free lunch or healthcare! Make it make sense people! They are pro pregnancy not pro life! Think about that!
Why is it so hard for this man to understand things and just be truthful? I don’t get it! He’s not joking and things like this aren’t funny! He’s a bully! And that’s wrong! Does he think the American people are so stupid we don’t understand things? It’s literally mind blowing! Not sure if I should laugh or cry!🤦♀️🤷♀️
To intentionally share someone’s Facebook post, to cause division, dissension, trouble …knowing what will happen, you are a lowlife piece of shit! Sorry…oops! Not sorry!
I’m so over the maga people…I really am! They have caused more harm than any other political cult in American history outside of Hitler. They are so concerned with freedom of speech yet here they are disinviting family members to holidays for expressing and exercising their right to free speech and DJT suing news stations because they used a word he don’t like! Do y’all not see where this is headed? For real? Do y’all not see it?
I understand this is life now…those of us that aren’t responsible for the choice, we will figure out to get through…we will…but certainly don’t expect things to be like they were between us! My mom broke my heart and my family’s.
My daughter is a good person with a big heart. She cares deeply about her daughters and everyone’s daughters and their rights. She cares for our world. She is heartbroken her own grandmother has decided she’s not worth her time. Who does that? What kinda messed up cult makes you act like this?
I think we have far bigger issues to deal with that someone’s meme or post on Facebook…ugh! Sad what we have all allowed to happen to us…all over politics
So, in order to cope I have been working on projects, getting my house in order. We all should be. What’s coming down the pike is going to be hard. I hope we all make it! I’m staying to myself and just being quiet. I don’t know what else to do…I really don’t. I feel lost…I’m just trying to find my way again…and I will! I am feeling better…at least now I feel like I can function and not be in a vegetative state…lol…I felt frozen for a few weeks…like I just couldn’t move or think…I’m beyond that and I’m grateful…I understand what I’m to be doing now..preparing my home, my heart and my family. That’s where my focus is.
I’m no longer asking why…there is no good reason why, other than some are full of hate, some like to feel in control and others simply were duped…they believed what they were being told…now, many are seeing the lies and deception…to late! Hard to have sympathy.
It’s best I just stay to myself…lol…I seem to offend even when my intention was never to do that. I just speak my mind. I don’t sugar coat shit! People really struggle with brutally honest people these days…lol..honesty is sadly becoming a thing of the past! The more you lie, cheat, steal, abuse and bully the more respect and followers you seem to have. Makes no sense to me! But it does speak volumes to the mindset and way of thinking people are leaning these days. Absolutely terrifying!
So for me, I’ll continue to be a light in the darkness. I’ll stand up for the less fortunate, the marginalized and I’ll continue to fight for our mother…Mother Earth! She’s sick and if we don’t help, we will not have a home! I’ll fight for those different than me to be able to live a productive life and to persue life, liberty and happiness. We don’t have the right to others how to be! If you don’t understand the LGBTQ community that’s ok! But let them be! They aren’t hurting you! They aren’t trying to influence children..that ridiculous…I’m far more concerned about the “rape/sexual” abuse culture we live in. And how our “leaders” are promoting it and normalizing it! How our voices are being suppressed if we disagree or say a word that someone doesn’t like. And it’s happening by the same persons that were suppost to uphold free speech, that’s one reason he got in! Those who actually do tell the truth are the enemy and fools! Crazy! I’ll never understand.
Anyway, please stay watchful…lots of weird stuff going on. Pay attention…read between the lines! Be honest with yourselves. Don’t buy the bullshit…
Until next time..
I am no longer sad, just feeling very concerned, with good reason. Things are coming that are not going to be good or pleasant for any of us regardless which side of the fence you reside. You can mark my words!
I remember a dream in my very early 20’s that involved what back then what I thought was weird airplanes but now understand them to be drones. 30 years ago drones were not heard of….They covered the sky as people were screaming and crying…these things were being shot down and crashing to the ground in a firey explosion. It was war…there was no where to hide, no where to run..in my dream I was in the NY city area at least that’s what I thought at the time…though I’ve never been there. It was terrifying as I looked on in horror with people trying to escape but there was none…parents running carrying children, bodies in the streets bloodied…the stench was horrific…I’ll never forget that dream! It was awful. Still remember it today like I dreamt it yesterday! There were streaks in the sky…like contrails, there were fire steaks, things hitting buildings…the crying and screaming was piercing! There were safe zones but you had to know where they were…if you knew you were one of the lucky ones.
With the drone situation it makes me uneasy. I live very rural in a state where these are not being mentioned much, but even out here we are seeing them. It’s quite disturbing. I have several videos of them.
I really feel like our military/gov. Is looking for an inside threat. We need to be watchful and alert! Pay attention!
Don’t be so partisan you can’t hear the other side. Facts will remain the same no matter which side. Facts are truth…the truth doesn’t change. The devils in the details…listen carefully! I listen to both sides as long as they are not extremist. There are extremist on both sides of the fence. I am not on either side…I am in the middle.
I don’t dislike either party…what I dislike are candidates that’s are just not fit for office and extremist. I don’t care which side you are on! If you a criminal, an abuser, a liar, a serial cheater, and a serial child molester, narcissist, a bully to threatens to try and get your way or a gaslighter…you will not get my support no matter what policies you have. If you a person that supports that…I just can’t…
I was a “red” all my life…until about 2016...that’s when I became an independent. So don’t think you have me pegged as to what I am or believe, because I can assure you, you don’t!😉
I think right now, it is time to drop the bullshit of politics and realize America is failing…it us failing at a fast rate of speed…our division is fueling the fire and the powers that be are loving it! Some thrive on attention like a toddler…they do all manner of crazy things just to stay in the spotlight…
We are in trouble…more trouble than we realize…why do I say that? Many reasons..look in the sky? What’s going on? We are being kept in the dark…why? Something is happening…prepare your family and home…I have an idea of what’s happening…but I will not say…just pay attention…be careful who you listen to!…this isn’t innocent…it’s serious. There are some people talking that I trust and I think they are on to something…just be watchful.
Until next time…
Be watchful, be vigilant and pay attention!
This was one of my favorite songs in the 80’s…this parody remake will now be a favorite going into the next 4 years! Enjoy!
I have the same question…if you want America to be great “again”…when do you want to back to? Why is it bad now? What exactly do think will make it “great AGAIN”?
In this writers opinion, the best way to achieve as much self-reliance as possible is to have a few of acres and lots of grit and guts! I realize not everyone can rush right out and purchase acreage, but if you are one of the lucky ones that already have a couple of acres, now is the time to begin planning for your future. As I said, pantry stocking is a good thing, but even if you have 6 months to 1 year of food stored and there is an extended time of trouble (job loss, illness or other teotwawki situation) that food will eventually be gone and then you are left figuring out what to do next. If you plan well, your pantry will sustain you while you are setting up your self-reliant homestead.
One of the easiest things to begin with are chickens. Chickens are great foragers and garbage disposals so feeding them is relatively cheap. They reproduce fairly rapidly so you can keep a fairly decent sized flock going. You will need more than just a couple of birds to get started and maintain a good amount for eggs and meat. Here we keep all hens hatched for eggs and butcher all the roosters. Sometimes we use the hens for bartering purposes. We bartered 3 hens for our duroc pig.
Rabbits are also a wonderful asset to the self-reliant homestead. They are great for meat, fertilizer and reproduce very quickly. A few females and a couple of males will allow you to fill a freezer in no time and keep you in meat indefinitely.
Dairy goats are also a great addition for a smallish homestead that does not have room for a dairy cow. Saanen and Nubian dairy goats are great milk producers and can keep your family in milk for around 9 months out of they year. Staggering breeding can keep you in milk year round. Goats milk can be used for such things as cheese making, ice cream, soap making and just everyday drinking. Meat goat breeds can help fill the freezer. Their manure as I mentioned in another article is great fertilizer.
Of course a garden is very important in attaining self reliance. Having a garden gives you the ability to not rely on the grocery stores for many fresh and canned vegetables. Learning to home can is one skill a prepper cannot be without. Same with having a few fruit trees.
It is my opinion that self-reliance is the key to surviving any long term situation. Having replenishable food sources, such as meat, eggs, milk, vegetables, fruits and grains is vital. Skills are also a huge part in becoming self-reliant. Without skills, all else is futile. You must have some basic gardening, building, repair skills and some basic knowledge of first aid for humans and animals alike. There may not always be someone at your disposal to do those things for you. Getting to the point of being fairly self-reliant is hard. It is not for the faint at heart. It takes hard work, determination and a lot of sacrifice. But, by beginning your self-reliant journey today, you could very well save your family tomorrow.
Written by me, The Homestead Lady, and published on APN in 2012
For now I’ll continue to write about my feelings to help me work through them. And maybe someone else will benefit as well…I’m not going to apologize or feel bad for the way I feel….They are what they are. I’m sad…I feel almost like all the love and compassion has left…like one day we all still had some semblance of caring and love but on one day in November it all disappeared…the hope, compassion, love, and kindness…like a huge vacuum came in and sucked it all up…
All the light became surrounded by darkness…its closing in and I turn circles trying to find my way, I become more and more squeezed… I see other lights but they too are feeling squeezed by the darkness…we keep trying to hang on to the light….
I had a dream last night…there’s was a winding brick road, it reminded me of the yellow brick road in wizard of oz…only the road was black bricks…on either side of the road was trees, like a Forrest…dense and dark…the road was dark…there was a dim light shining...barely enough to see your hand in front of your face…but it was there.
On this road was a man…he was in a dark suit, he walked with an arrogant confidence, he was without emotion, his black shoes clicking on the brick with each step was all that could be heard in the darkness…it seemed so loud and cold…there were onlookers in the distance, on the road behind him…at first many were confused by his presence…some were eager to follow, others needed a bit of convincing… but one by one they began to follow him…those that were not sure eventually gave in at the nudging of their family or friends…there were pastors, business owners, young people, children being carried by their parents…there were farmers, old people, sickly people and strong people…people from all walks of life began to walk behind him…the darkness swallowed them up…there were hundreds of thousands walking, blindly following this man into complete and utter darkness…they seemed emotionally void…it felt like they gave up their “gooodness” and love for their “neighbors”…all the understanding they ever had, was traded in to follow this man.
It was surreal…it felt lonely, sad, confusing, desolate…In the trees were people holding candles with very small flames…what dim light there was, was coming from the candles they carried…they would come from the woods and tell the followers not to follow..that the road led to destruction and darkness...but it was as if they were deaf, mesmerized by the dark figure leading them to destruction…some would turn and glare at us or tell to be quiet they knew who the man was and he was going to save them…the man never spoke, he just quietly walked…slowly, methodically walked…he was on a mission of destruction and ruin…he slowly walked into the deep abyss of black and took all that he could with him.
There was such sadness in the trees…it almost felt like the trees were weeping with us…the air was cold and damp…it felt void of any love, or warmth just like the man…the trees would be green and beautiful but as he passed by the trees turned black and the leaves died and disappeared…In the trees were people in white robes holding candles, the candles were the light…it was dim light but none the less it was light in the darkness…the light holders were all the love and warmth that was left…they stood among the dead and desolate trees hoping to bring back the life that was once there….the light holders weren’t quiet sure why they were sad other than they knew the man seemed to bring destruction to all he passed by or touched…they sensed a change and profound sadness and confusion for the people following. They just instinctively knew it was wrong. They ask among themselves how do they not understand the darkness leads to no where other than death and destruction?…they just shook their heads in disbelief and continued to stand among the barren trees, holding their candles hoping at least some would decide the darkness was to horrible and come into the light for shelter…
Some in the trees wept as they felt they could not reach these people. Sadness was heavy. They felt helpless…these people were family, friends and loved ones…they didn’t understand why they were following…confusion was what I kept feeling in my dream. Confusion and a profound sadness and sense of loss. I woke feeling sad…
While it was a dream, it explains so clearly my feelings…it perfectly depicted what I feel is happening…I feel helpless, but not hopeless…I still have hope…it’s all I have…
Maybe this time next year, I will re-visit this post…and perhaps I’ll realize it was all silly and unwarranted…perhaps it’s all a dream based on fear!
Until next time…
Yep! This is what most voted for! I’m just sickened by this! Putin is his idol! He’s trying to act like him! Why the fuck can’t people see this shit?! Why? We won’t last 6 months after the inauguration at this rate!
This isn’t the typical “holiday” blues…this is different…as an intuitive I am able to discern things, feel things…and I hope I’m wrong about so many things…
I’m scared for our country…my family…my friends…I feel like I’m in a nightmare that won’t end…I can’t wake up! I want to, I want to go back to the time when it wasn’t like this..when we, or at least some of us didn’t fear for our very survival the next few years!
As self employed people with small business so much effects us differently than others…tariffs will ruin this economy…I can see another Great Depression headed our way..it’s terrifying…I see serious illness, death, food shortages and price increases like we’ve never seen, many businesses will be forced to close because they won’t be able to maintain…it was all foretold…many didn’t listen or understand what it meant! Now we all pay!
I don’t know how to talk to people these days…I’m over my anger…but my sadness is deep…I’m fearful…fearful for my kids, my grandkids…me and my husband…
Those who did this will get what they deserve..unfortunately those of us that “understood the assignment” will have to pay as well! I still have a tad bit of hope that the powers that be will do the right thing and stop some of this craziness.
I hope most of us get through this…we will be different when it’s over…I don’t believe society will ever be the same…I grieve over what was…my heart is so very heavy, my eyes sting with tears as I write this…I encourage all of you to pay attention and prepare for what’s ahead.
I encourage each one to try and stay focused on the positive, reach out to those that are like minded, limit your time and energy with those who are not. Prepare your homes & your hearts. Be a light in the darkness…speak truth and never stop! I am determined to light the path in the next years of darkness…I know we will come out on the other side hopefully with a better understanding of equality for all and less hate for those different from “the norm”. There will be those that continue to hate no matter what…they will enjoy the next few years of the hate spewed from the powers that be…they will wallow in the mud and rain with pigs and enjoy the chaos and division…I hope you, like me will choose to find the green pastures and sunshine and bask in the warmth of love and acceptance.
A lady by the name of Deloris Cannon once spoke of a new earth and how high vibrational people will go there…the lower vibrational people stay on the old earth with the fighting and division…this is paraphrased of course…It gave me hope to think maybe if there’s any truth to this, that some of us can move away from the darkness and low vibrations in the near future. We can move on to a more peaceful existence, an existence with acceptance, an existence with love and equality.
Hope is all we have…surround yourself with people who have hope and don’t give into hate. Support the people that support you. It’s ok to try and converse with those that hold a different view…but when you see they aren’t willing to listen or hear you…move on. Save your energy. People that say “we can agree to disagree”…yeah…move on…they aren’t interested in hearing you! They are committed to their ideology and cult leader…they don’t research, they don’t have the facts other than what they hear from friends, or their leader…they say that because they have no facts to back up their stance. Let them be!
I also encourage you to read/listen their side so you better understand where they are coming from…be ready to offer facts and back them up. Many of the higher ups on that side package their words in nice little boxes so they sound good…the deeper message is in there, you have to know how to read between the lines. They always tell you what they are going to do….you just have to be able to listen and discern.
I’m going to sign off for now…stay alert!
I’m thinking about all of you like me that are hurting, trying to make sense of all this…I wish you peace, love and light!
Until next time…
THL
This has profoundly affected me and I guess this is my one way of standing up for myself. My quiet way of saying fuck you!
I am far better than 2 weeks ago and I continue to work through my feelings. I’m trying to surround myself with people that get it and I can talk with openly. Where I live that’s really, really hard…I’d even say impossible.
Haven’t left the house in 2 weeks. No desire at all to about amongst people. The very thought makes me cringe. I’ll get there…but right now I’m just decompressing. I’m trying to talk to people but it feels forced…I’m tired…just tired…
However; I am getting better! Slowly… but each day I seem to feel a bit more hopeful… I hope if you read here and are likeminded you know it’s ok to feel sad, angry, hurt, betrayed…it’s normal…you’re not being dramatic, stupid or wrong! It’s hard! I see you and I understand! You’re not alone!
So, today will be a quiet day at home! Thanksgiving day will just be me and the hubs…I will cook us a nice traditional dinner and just enjoy the day.
Be easy on yourself today…this is hard to understand…but keep going! You’ll be ok! We will be ok!
Until next time…
Much love & light
Moving on though is the only real choice…it doesn’t mean I accept it, like it or think it’s going to be great…it means I cannot let this person, situation or what I know is coming continue to consume me. I need to use my energy to prepare myself for what’s ahead. I will continue to share with those interested what’s coming down the pike….but my sanity and my energy is better spent on things that will matter and make a difference in my life and the life of my loved ones.
Choices have been made by all in what they stand for, believe in and align with…for that reason I know I need to focus on my life and give no more thought to those that are not on the right side of history or align with the values I hold so dear to my heart.
There is work to be done on many fronts these next years..protections need put into place…and distractions need to be minimal…
I have realized by continuing in my anger and in trying to educate those that simply refuse to be educated it is a distraction to the work I need to be doing. I need to get my own house in order and give no worry to anyone else’s.
I am still sad…and that’s ok…things are changing and that’s hard so it’s ok to feel sad…just don’t wallow in it. Feel it, process it and then when your ready, let it go…It’s going to be hard, many tears will be shed in the next years..we will all be tried and stretched to our limits..but I do know we will get through it if we understand the motives of some people. Some will continue to live in denial…let them! You can’t change someone’s mind, unless they want it changed. Trying is a waste of energy better spent!
Our focus needs to be on our families now. We need to be watchful and vigilant. Keep to yourself, lay low and take care!
Until next time..
Imagine that! So many tried to tell y’all! You were hell bent on making excuses! By appointing these people he will have a way to implement P2025 easily! Wake the hell up!
I know, sometimes it feels overwhelming…lol..like we just want to be done learning all the lessons…I get it! I feel that often! You’re not alone.
I also think some of us are put here to be a light in dark times…to be the truth tellers, the healers, the beacons that lead the way…we will be needed when it all falls apart, when people begin realizing they didn’t get what they thought they did…some of course will never see it and some that see it will never admit it…those will be the ones that don’t grow and become better throughout all this…
I just hate that those of us who have tried to tell our loved ones what’s going down, we too have to live this hell we are about to go through….when prices are far worse than now, when the food shortages start, when another pandemic hits…or we are knee deep in war…we too will suffer because people refused to listen, to see, to research…I do believe though, that to ever get to heaven we must journey through hell…to ever see the light we must experience the darkness, and to fully appreciate life, we must experience death…things are dying right now…chaos is coming like we’ve never seen..but I believe with all my soul once we get through these next few years it will be wonderful…people will be so weary from what we are going to go through that it will change them for the better…I’ll write more on this topic later.
So, today was a better day! And I’m confident tomorrow will be too..slow and steady wins the race…it’s time to shift from sad and angry to watchful and vigilant. We must listen, watch and be aware.
Prepare your home and families…it’s gonna get rough! But you are strong…we will get through all this…hold tight to the ones you love…realize it’s time to accept what’s happened…and understand what’s done is done!
Until next time…
THL
I’m a bit better…still feeling down but not quite as bad. I
I will continue to stay away from those that wanted this…I can’t bring myself to be around them. I’m not going to my family’s thanksgiving dinner this year…I just can’t bear the thought of being around them knowing they betrayed my grandkids…it’s unconscionable to me.
I will instead spend it with my kids and grandkids the weekend before and let them know they are loved and accepted no matter what. They are good, decent, intelligent, empathetic human beings and I’m proud to be their mom and nana.
Thanksgiving day I will cook a dinner for farm man and I. We will spend a quiet day at home and be grateful for what we have and what we have accomplished.
It’s hard, it’s really hard…the pain is real…I know we will all be ok…or at least I hope…we will get through this..we may have battle scars at the end, but we will stand firm in our convictions throughout the battle. Sometimes we have to lose a few battles to finally win the war!
I will continue to get better…I will continue to stand firm in my beliefs. I will continue to stay away from those that cannot respect those different from them. I will continue to stay away from those that support a rapist, pedofile, serial cheater, wanna be dictator, xenophobic, homophobic clown that is making a mockery of this country. I will also continue to remind them this is what they wanted.
I will eventually gain my footing and find my center again…right now I’m angry, hurt and sad…it won’t last forever…I understand hanging onto these feelings only hurts me…I equally understand accepting policies that harm others is wrong as well. We cannot and should not accept laws and policies that harm others. Those that do, they are not going to be in my life.
I am better…I will continue to get better…I don’t want to continue to feel the way I do. I feel disassociated and disconnected…like in a fog…like living in a dream. Today, I am better…tomorrow I will be even better...I’m working through all the feels and fear…
It will take time….but I’ll get there…and you will too…
Stay Alert, Stay strong, stay vigilant…
Until next time..
I’m a very intuitive person and my intuition is in overdrive right now..the things I’m feeling that we will go through is more than I wanna know…higher inflation than now, high gas prices, high unemployment, another possible pandemic…it’s just a lot. I hope I’m wrong!
I’m trying to stay busy and not think but it’s always there, in the back of mind…this feeling of unrest, sadness, doom, dread and anxiety…it’s exhausting…I’m struggling to find my center, my balance, my footing. I just want to understand..
People, friends & family that I deeply cared for…I feel betrayed…how can a family member vote against their own flesh and blood to not have equal rights? It’s betrayal at the deepest level. Why does everyone care so much how other people live or love? I just don’t understand. I want to, I really want to..but I’m struggling.
I’m so tired…I feel isolation is my only option right now…just communicate with my immediate family that is on the same page…those that aren’t..I really just don’t have it in me to communicate with them.
I just wish we could turn back time…a time when we had hope and everyone got along…I’m afraid that time is gone forever…at least for the rest of my life. It’s a time of grieving I suppose…the sadness will at some point turn back to happiness, the melancholy will give way to joy, and the tears will cleanse the way to smiles again…at least that’s my hope… hope is really all we have I guess.
Right now hope is what is keeping me going, hope is what motivates me to get out of bed this past week and a half…it’s what I’m clinging too…I’m holding onto hope for dear life…hope that this is really all a bad dream or huge mistake..the hope that it will somehow be just a big joke…I hope for anything other than this being reality.
I watch my oldest daughter struggle to make sense of the fact that this is the world we’re really living in, I’m watching my grand daughter wonder why she’s not allowed to have equal rights to life, love and pursuit of happiness…at 20 she’s wondering what will happen to her and how in the hell some in her own family voted against her rights…my oldest granddaughter is putting off having another baby because she’s scared what could happen if something went wrong with her pregnancy…could she get the care she needed?…this is just surreal to me…I feel like this is not real life! It just can’t be!
Sigh..but it is real life…and I’m really struggling…if you are as well, I understand…stay strong, stay vigilant and stay watchful. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best!
Until next time…
Stay hopeful!
They are counting on your grief and sadness to paralyze you. That is their final move—to break your resolve, your spirit. You will be tested. We all will. And you know what?
We will be midwives to this long and bloody and painful process of birthing what will turn out to be a beautiful world on the other side.
Taken from “pancakes dinner”.
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We have what appears to be evidence that stimulation of the limbic system en masse will always yield more electorally positive outcomes than stimulating the frontal cortex.
This lesson is not lost on the people who will experience the greatest amount of suffering under these truths, but whether it will be lost on the Americans who aided and abetted one another's individualistic pursuits while MAGA metastasized is yet to be seen.
This is the end of the Republican Party as we know it, the final swipes and strokes and violent bursts of DNA that has plagued our species with the ghosts of ancestors whose thirst to replicate the pain and suffering of their childhoods never did and never will make up for the holes in their adult hearts-no matter how much pain and suffering they inflict.
There is no solace in hate, no recipe for void-filling. There is only the void, a kind of hollowness inside one's heart, a mirror to the simultaneously horrifying and prescient universe of emptiness we find our little rock we call home hurling through.
We are witnessing the MAGA Spring. There is an end to this, but the end will be built day by day, brick by brick, one courageous step-one breath—at a time. It is fear that captures insecurities, it is ignorance that feeds it, and it is hopelessness that allows it to grow. We must grieve the future that has not come to be, and steel ourselves for the future we find ourselves in. First we grieve—and then we believe.
Compassion is the groundwork; compassion for ourselves and our communities, resolve for one's principles and a heart beating for a world that we know will exist in the future. We must plant trees that will grow and provide shade which we will not enjoy; WE must feel the effects of the rain and hail while we build good shelter for our children and their communities to thrive in. They will grow and become adults. They will have their work of love and light cut out for them, too. We all will, and we all do.
James Baldwin's words are as relevant as ever, now: "Love has never been a popular movement. And no one's ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people. Otherwise, of course, you can despair. Walk down the street of any city, any afternoon, and look around you.
What you've got to remember is what you're looking at is also you. Everyone you're looking at is also you. You could be that person. You could be that monster, you could be that cop. And you have to decide, in yourself, not to be."
There is clarity going forward in knowing that those who voted for what is to come will get exactly what they voted for-whether they know it or not. The clarity comes from the fact that this is not our lesson to learn.
“The frightened individual," Erich Fromm wrote in Escape from Freedom, "seeks for somebody or something to tie his self to; he cannot bear to be his own individual self any longer, and he tries frantically to get rid of it and to feel security again by the elimination of this burden: the self."
"Most people are convinced that as long as they are not overtly forced to do something by an outside power, their decisions are theirs, and that if they want something, it is they who want it. But this is one of the great illusions we have about ourselves. A great number of our decisions are not really our own but are suggested to us from the outside; we have succeeded in persuading ourselves that it is we who have made the decision, whereas we have actually conformed with expectations of others, driven by the fear of isolation and by more direct threats to our life, freedom, and comfort."
-Erich Fromm, Escape From Freedom
"When Fascism came into power, most people were unprepared, both theoretically and practically. They were unable to believe that man could exhibit such propensities for evil, such lust for power, such disregard for the rights of the weak, or such yearning for submission. Only a few had been aware of the rumbling of the volcano preceding the outbreak."
-Erich Fromm, Escape From Freedom
"The pathetic superstition prevails that by knowing more and more facts one arrives at knowledge of reality.
Hundreds of scattered and unrelated facts are dumped into the heads of students; their time and energy are taken up by learning more and more facts so that there is little left for thinking. To be sure, thinking without a knowledge of facts remains empty and fictitious; but "information" alone can be just as much of an obstacle to thinking as the lack of it."
-Erich Fromm, Escape From Freedom
It’s hard to understand…it’s hard to realize and accept that the society I grew up in, the values I was taught, the morals I was taught…we’re no longer important when a man stepped from show business to politics…people that once said if people are tried and convicted it was a fair trial…that’s all gone now.
My head literally hurts as I try to make it make sense..my brain is tired..I feel like I’m living in some sort of time warp, a different dimension or world..how does this happen?…
Do people really not see it? Are the ignoring all the facts? Are they brainwashed? I really want to know.
The man is surrounding himself with “yes men” that he hopes won’t buck him in his plan to dismantle our very way of life. And we are ok with it. What happened to us?
I hope I will eventually be able to get out of this funk..I will be able to move on…maybe…maybe when y’all finally see what’s happening…but then it will be to late…
My despair is something I’ve never felt before…it’s like a dark deep void…it almost feels like all love has left the planet…like something sinister and dark came in, in the wee hours of Nov. 6th and used a vacuum and sucked all the light and love up and spit back out hate and darkness…it’s a feeling I’ve never had…I don’t have words to describe it honestly. Maybe this is why so many woke collectively that morning…we felt the energy change…we felt the shift in the universe…not sure how to get it back…it feels like a plug has been pulled from its power source and something that was once alive has now died…its an awful feeling…
We must keep going, we must not give into to the hate, anger and darkness…if we do they win..we must find a way to accept what is and fight back with love, acceptance and kindness. It’s our only hope…our only chance…focus on your loved ones that still radiate hope, courage, strength, love and light…the others..let them go. They will bring you down.
Until next time…
Stay strong & be a light
It’s been a really rough few days…letting go is never easy…came across this old song…I remember it well. I’ve come to understand these past few days that some people come into our life for just a moment in time….some stay many seasons and we learn much from them…some are in our life a short season but they too teach us lessons. Some you will fall in love with and others you will love. You will have your heart protected by some, and broken by others…it will not be easy…some will leave you shattered in pieces like glass on the ground…some will come by and pick up those pieces and try to mend the brokenness…there will be ones that will be the first to break your heart and there will be a last to break your heart…maybe all this election stuff is to show us our people…the ones that truly have our hearts and our backs…maybe?…..what I do know is that every person in our life is there to teach us something about ourselves…I’ve been the person in this song…and I held on way to long…maybe after all this time…all the chaos with the election…I’ve seen things more clearly than I ever have…maybe, just maybe this is why things are the way they are…this is a time of understanding ourselves, asking ourselves why we allow things in our lives we shouldn’t, why we overlook the warning signs, what could we do differently…sometimes others see things in our lives we don’t…often…we are the last ones to know…
I love how she says she just knew who she needed to be rid of in her life…I knew others felt it too! There was a shift that morning…the only way I can explain it..I too woke up during this time as did both my daughters…something happened that we can’t explain…
I’ve always said the autumn season is a time of letting go...as we watch the warmth of summer slip into the coolness of the autumn I also notice how gracefully the trees drop their leaves...the leaves will no longer serve them for this next season...I’ve sat outside in recent days, just being still....watching the leaves float gently to the ground in the breeze...the trees let go with such gentleness, yet an unquestioning certainty that this is what they are to do...let go! As a human letting go doesn’t come gracefully…at least for many of us. We don’t give up without lots of tears, yelling, asking why and lots of going over and over things in our heads….then, we finally come to understand, that this is but a season…it may be a season of unrest with many storms, but we trust it’s just a season…and hope we don’t have to weather the storm forever.
I used to be one that gave everyone the benefit of the doubt, but that really came to a complete halt this past week or so...one thing my seclusion on the homestead has taught me is that it’s ok to stay to yourself, but sometimes you must venture out and speak up...keep your circle extremely small, trust no one, what people don’t know they can’t ruin, people pretend to be your friend when it’s just a ruse to get something from you, people say things to you that are snarky then just disappear or pretend “you took it wrong”...or you find they stand and support ideologies that are so far outta step with who you are and what you stand for that you can no longer allow them in your space…these are the signs to Let go!! The season is over and that situation is no longer serving your highest and best good. I’ve had to let many people go this past few days. It’s not easy..I’m hurting…but I can’t, I won’t allow certain things, people or beliefs in my life. If it steals my peace, it must go. Once you show me who you are, I believe you and act accordingly.
It’s hard! I think sometimes the universe uses situations that are so trying, so hurtful and so devastating to show us which direction we need to go. We have to let people, things and situations go in order to become better. I fully understand that with time all darkness is illuminated by light. When you are shown the darkness, walk towards light the first time. Don’t wait until darkness rears its ugly head a second time. We must be and do better. We are in a battle…I choose the light..and the light will always win…we must trust the process.
I am trying to stay focused on fall preparations to be ready for winter...I’m trying to distract myself with projects. I’m taking time to be quiet and take care of myself. Just spending time with those that bring me joy and happiness. Those that want better and will fight for better. Those that protect those that can’t protect themselves. Those that radiate love,unity, peace, joy, happiness and want to be better…I have no room for those that radiate hate, division, chaos, sadness and sow discord. Some will try to say they aren’t like that…that it’s the others are…prove it! I’d love to see your proof!
So as the quietness of the autumn/winter season takes over the homestead I am realizing it allows much time for reflecting as we are chased indoors from the cooler temperatures....we can reflect on relationships, goals, ourselves and what we would like to change....while I much prefer spring/summer I also admit I find something comforting and nostalgic about sitting in front of a fire, sipping coffee with my favorite magazine or seed catalog...I also enjoy having candles lit to add a bit of warmth to my home and the aroma of fresh baked bread or a pie wafting throughout the house...I will make use of this less busy time to plan for next spring, reflect on all that happened in our country and to reflect on how I can be a better person...we will write out our goals in all areas, projects to complete and simply rest in preparation for the busyness that the spring will bring....
Until next time...
THL
But one thing I have realized is I am so grateful that the men in my life, my husband, son in law, my grand son in law all voted for the women in their life. We! We were the first and foremost on their minds that day. Our rights as wives, daughters, stepdaughters, grand daughters…we were thought about, cared about and important!
The men in my life are good ol’ country boys that enjoy the outdoors, enjoy all the guy things, conservative, most republican until a few years ago, they come from conservative Christian families, as do I…BUT! They chose freedom…the freedom for the women in their lives choose. For all women to choose! They believe all law abiding citizens including gays, straights, bi, lesbian, trans etc should have the same rights that they have. That we all have the right to life, liberty and to persue happiness even if it’s goes against your personal convictions. They voted for the right to believe in God or not! I don’t have to agree with someone to allow them to live their life as they want to within the confines of the law of our land.
We all feel the economic hardships we are experiencing…but if y’all would do a bit of homework you’d find out why we have the inflation we have, and it’s not Democrats…just sayin’. lol… I also want to make very clear I was a republican my entire life. Until….until I wasn’t!
I understand research is hard and boring, but if you want to understand all this it’s a must…we can’t get our information from memes on Facebook or reels on tik tok..you have to dig deep..you have to read, listen, watch and use critical thinking skills. Understand the terms they use, the tatics…on the surface it sounds great!
But most don’t research, use critical thinking or dig deep…so here we are! Here we are…
Your wife, daughters, granddaughters, nieces, moms even…could die…because they will be unable to access some reproductive care…Hope you feel really good about yourself!
Now, we have groups of men threatening to rape women, saying they’ll be glad to see women raped because “your body, my choice”. Does that make y’all feel manly? See, these types men now feel emboldened to say these things and possibly act on them because the highest office in our land is being run by a pedophile and rapist…congratulations! You did that! Women, you voted for this as well!
Y’all say it was the economy that really made you do it…hmm..so money is so important to you, that you put a convicted felon in office…a rapist…for money…
Well, guess what…when he slaps his tariffs on China and other places, your prices will go up…yep..please research how tariffs work! I know how they work because in his first term he put them on china and it raised the price of the parts my husband needs to do his job…lol…
This man filed bankruptcy numerous times, yet he’s going to fix the economy?! Got it! Good luck to you..
I’m going back to how grateful I am to the men in my life…I truly am blessed…maybe it took this to get me see it…my husband isn’t perfect, nor is my son in law…but they have shown us that we matter…our rights matter…this country and all our founding fathers fought for…it all matters.
Women, if you read this and your husband voted against your rights…my heart breaks for you. It’s says a lot about where you stand in his life and his character. Please know you are not alone! If divorce is an option do it now before the no fault divorce choice is taken away!
I will never stop fighting for women and girls…our lives matter, our choices matter, the right to bodily autonomy matter…Men! You do not have the right to touch us with out our permission…
Women will now become more empowered than ever. Gun sales will sky rocket…just watch! Be careful who you target men…
We, I will get through this, but I will never get over it. From here I will find my peace again…after I work through my emotions. I, we are preparing for one of the hardest periods our country has ever experienced…when things get really bad…remember, who did this…
This is nothing more than a retribution presidency…he will do nothing for you…he simply wants revenge on those he calls enemy’s!
Until next time…
“If you were going to take over society and keep humanity from reaching its full enlightened potential, how would you do it?”
ChatGPT's Response:
"If I were tasked with such a hypothetical scenario, here’s how a plan might unfold, focusing on limiting critical thinking, fostering dependence, and creating divisions. It’s worth noting that these are purely hypothetical ideas meant to illustrate ways control might be maintained, not strategies I endorse.
1. Control Information
- **Limit Access to Knowledge**:
Restrict information that promotes independent thought and critical thinking. Filter or censor educational content, history, and scientific knowledge to align with a certain narrative.
- **Spread Misinformation**:
Saturate media with conflicting information so people struggle to discern what’s true. This would lead to confusion and disillusionment, making it easier to control public perception.
- **Encourage Entertainment Over Education**:
Prioritize mindless entertainment and distractions over meaningful content. Make it more appealing to consume entertainment rather than engage in self-improvement or intellectual pursuits.
2. Encourage Division
- **Amplify Social and Political Divides**: Foster division by encouraging people to define themselves primarily by their differences. Promote an "us vs. them" mentality to keep groups focused on each other rather than on larger systemic issues.
- **Exploit Cultural Tensions**:
Use propaganda to stoke fears and prejudices, dividing society along cultural, racial, or ideological lines. In doing so, people are less likely to unite for a common cause or question those in power.
3. Undermine Critical Thinking
- **Encourage Surface-Level Thinking**: Emphasize quick conclusions, superficial analysis, and emotional reactions over rational discourse. Discourage open debates or dissenting opinions.
- **Minimize Education on Logic and Philosophy**: Remove or reduce curriculum that encourages critical thinking, logical reasoning, and philosophical exploration, which can challenge the status quo and encourage independent thought.
4. Foster Dependency
- **Promote Dependence on Technology**: Make daily life increasingly reliant on technology and centralized systems that are controlled or monitored. Encourage people to store their data, memories, and even health records in centralized systems to limit privacy and autonomy.
- **Create Economic Dependency**:
Cultivate an economy where people are dependent on a few corporations or institutions for employment and essential goods. Limit opportunities for self-sufficiency or small business growth, making it harder for people to function independently.
5. Erode Personal and Spiritual Growth
- **Downplay Individual Purpose**:
Promote the idea that individual lives are only significant in terms of material success, and downplay personal development, spiritual growth, or the search for meaning.
- **Subdue Creative Expression**:
Restrict or commercialize creative outlets, making them less about personal expression and more about conforming to a standardized form of entertainment or profit.
Each of these tactics is designed to erode autonomy and discourage the pursuit of knowledge, enlightenment, and unity. This thought experiment highlights the importance of staying aware, valuing critical thinking, and fostering connections with others to counter potential threats to individual and collective freedom.”
Art by Steve Cutts
Text shared on Facebook Oct 1, 2024 by Rob Sidon
Because we have misogynistic leaders now… men feel they have permission to act this way..this is what was voted for! Sickening! Just a great big fuck you to women…all the years we fought for rights…gone in a second…these men are being reported online but nothing is being done. Imagine that!
This man is an intelligence specialist. Worth listening to what he has to say.
Link: https://youtu.be/Hc4ukKCgPYI
I have such a feeling of doom and darkness hanging on…I’m trying to shake it but I’m struggling. There’s been an energy shift….not just with me but I believe globally…while many are celebrating many are not…what we see, feel and know is not worthy of celebration. There’s a dark energy looming. If you don’t feel it…reassess yourself!
I have had to reassess who is in my life and act accordingly be it friend or family. To some this may seem extreme…let me try to explain. If you don’t agree that’s ok and I respect it.
I have worked hard my whole life to find peace…a place where I am ok…a place of quiet, non chaos and no drama…it’s taken me years…many, many years.
I grew up in domestic violence…I was 17 when my parents divorced. So for 17 years I and my siblings were subjected to horrific violence. There were times I thought he was going kill my mom. When I’d try to intervene I’d take the beating. So I’m absolutely no stranger to abuse and chaos. I speak from experience. At 13 I was the victim of sexual assaults by a school teacher…I tried to tell the principal and the superintendent… nothing was done except they called my dad and mom and I got “whipped” for telling lies…so yeah…no one gave 2 shits…earlier in life I was sexually abused as well as my sister. I was in an abusive marriage in my early 20’s. I know these types of men like the back of my own hand.
How does all that tie into to now? We have a man that has assaulted women on multiple occasions…I’ve already mentioned some of the other stuff he’s done..he will now get off freely…no punishment at all…he fixed it so he was immune to prosecution…to the all the women out there that voted for him…you just voted for a big fuck you to women like me! You voted against you’re own rights as a woman! Sigh…my heart weeps.
Friends I cherished, family I loved and respected showed me who they were, what their character is…they showed me whether or not they had integrity and true Christian values not just lip service. I will not and cannot continue to have that kind of energy around me…as I said I have worked many, many years to find my peace from a past of darkness…while I have no choice but to deal with the darkness voted in, I absolutely have a choice what darkness I allow in my daily life, be it in person or online.
I’ve had to unfriended those that I know voted again not just my best interest but theirs as well. I still love them and wish them no harm, but that kind of energy has no place in my life, I cannot make room for that.
I have never felt so helpless as an adult. So angry, confused and sad. My hope is as time goes on those that voted for him will see how duped they’ve been..and yes…y’all were duped. Some, I understand will never see it and I get that too. Problem is, people like me have to live through all this…for god only knows how long.
I and millions like me have no choice but to move forward, somehow, someway…with time we will.
I understand if I stay stuck in this place, the darkness wins. I have hope that in the near future I will find my center again, and find my peace. It’s going to take time.
I hope with time as this unfolds those that thought he was some how going to “save us all” begin to see what he is. Unfortunately it will be way too late.
I remember around 2010 into maybe 2012/2013 these same people talking about government control, big government, big brother…the government spying on it’s citizens etc…preparing for something huge they’d have to defend against…and here we are…project 2025 literally is what y’all talked about defending against…you voted for what your against…lol…you voted against your own best interest! Why? My head spins trying to figure it out…
I digress…I will be ok and others like me will be ok…I hope you will be ok. If we were once Facebook friends, friends in real life and now we’re not…please understand I still care about you…but I simply cannot have what you stand for in my life…yes! I’m the one responsible for my feelings and all that…I get it…and because I am the only one responsible for my feelings and reactions…that’s why I have opted to not continue on seeing your posts or having that in my life.
Life is not going to be easy these next few years…mark my words…it’s going to get rough…we are going to go through things we never though we’d go through…maybe with time I’ll share what I “see/feel” is going happen. Right now I just can’t share…it’s to much…
In closing I want to say, thank you for your friendship if we were friends on Facebook…If we were friends in real life…I love you dearly and I wish you nothing but happiness and peace…but I must figure out how to go forward and find my peace…in order to do that I need to cut off the energy that creates hate & chaos.
I will move forward because if I don’t…the darkness wins…I and others like me will move forward and be a beacon of hope, light, kindness and love…if you read this and feel this too…feel free to comment…solidarity is important…if you don’t feel ready to reach out…I understand. Just know I feel your pain too. Hang in there…light will always triumph over darkness…it may take time..but it will…darkness will be exposed…just wait, watch and keep pressing onward!
Until next time…
Keep on keepin on!
