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It is not upon you alone the dark patches fall

  I read a poem once. Struggling with loss, is like sand slipping through fingers.  I would do anything to save what I had left (or get it back)  even at the expense of loosing myself more. And...Sand and Quicksand is like that. the more you try to keep it in your hands or climb out of it the more you make it worse. But I'm not gonna talk about that, well maybe indirectly.  And....today I'm not going to rage today about war, or thugs in masks, or the fascist rise in our government or all the stupid of the world or how social media has ruined us, or how dating apps isolate us even more and make us less free to find love. less happy. Rather I'm going to share how I'm doing in hopes maybe someone struggling might realize they too are not alone dealing with the anxiety of the world, their past, their mistakes, their triumphs and failures. And the realities I see in everything. Some practical shares.  The last year I followed the 'Transition' playbook. The one that y...

The Fascist Problem In The United States And Our Freedom(s) Of Identity

 I listen and highly agree with a youtuber. Paul Lance.  In one video he says Says " Were the greatest country in the world.. and we are not "  I grew up thinking we were too.  Greatest country in the world.  Red White and Blue.  Singing "Land of the Free" at baseball games.  Fireworks...  Its all dead to me now....... I don't even celebrate the 4th. I will say this. I spent time in Costa Rica.. and my eyes were opened. US is amazing and prosperous in so many ways. so there is that. But we are rotten, in  Costa Rica every single person I met was kind to me.  In the US...our Ethical, our "Be Kind", our "love and help each other" is broken. We are a country of Money, greed and "I got mine..F U."  The National Prayer Breakfast called Trump 'The GOAT' WTF!!!!!! Right then and there I knew every single person at that breakfast was about one god. Money. So.... the only way we fix this is if THE PEOPLE decide wait a minute,...

Take What You Need (https://takewhatyouneed.org)

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    I created a website of support, love, empathy, compassion, courage                                                                             https://takewhatyouneed.org

The Problem with the Superbowl....

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    The Winter olympics are happening and VD Vance and his wife are getting BOOOO'd by the world. Thats a good thing. Whats funny is I don't think JD understands that they are on the wrong side of history or that their LACK of actions (Cowing and no backbone) and gaslighing (ICE did nothing wrong) actions are visible to everyone.   But thats not what this blog is about. Lets talk United States Football and why it is Toxic and why the Superbowl is toxic.  IMO one of the biggest problems we face as a country is that politics are now being treated by the base support groups as a Red team Vs Blue Team mentality and "our team" MUST WIN AT ALL COSTS....  Think about that. We have lost our way. Its like the parent at the softball game screaming at their kid or at the volunteer umpire. disgusting...  The Current Administration, and its core staff.. knows this. and they Are using the ideal the idea of MAGA... Make America Great Again... as a political platform....

Dispatches from elsewhere - Love and personal growth

  I'm watching a show called "Dispatches from Elsewhere" and in it there are characters who find themselves lost in some way in their lives. Stuck, lost, numb, confused, hurt, afraid.  I won't spoil it but I will say if you are looking for a transcendent story, of hope, love, magic this is what you have been looking for. And I would challenge you to be 'brave' and put your pre-conceptions, your 'this is stupid' or 'impossible' or scrooge like 'that would never happen' aside for once and just experience the story. Ok... now that I have your attention. I want to share more about myself, my life, my failures. AND my hope..is in writing this down you the reader maybe will also be able to get something from it. Hope.. I hope.  Adler said...that there is "no past" and there is "No future" just now.  As we age, we experience things..good, bad, successes, failures. Some of us are lucky... we have a lot of good and a lot of s...

Lets talk about Justice, the FBI/DoJ, and the Epstein files...

Two days ago... 3 million more pages of Epstein files were released by the FBI/DoJ. In those files countless redactions. Multiple pages COMPLETELY WIPED / BLANKED OUT BLACK. Many Many Many witness, victim accounts to horrible acts of depravity, violence to both sexes but mostly women and girls.... AND in those documents...many people identified being present.... details...stuff to turn your stomach, strangulation, forced sex acts, auctions. repeated raping.  ok pause... Think about this.. are all these women. these people Liars? Are they Liars because they aren't Billionaires? Presidents(Trump)? because they don't own Tesla(Elon Musk), or run political think groups (Steve Bannon)? Are they just making @#%# up because they are worth less? is that the country we live in? Is that the "Land of the free" we sing about at football and baseball games?  A friend of mine said once... " Usually when someone gets caught, its usually not the first time they did it"  Thi...

ICE spending....Camps and opression budget 2025 and growing

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     SRC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ6pP3lDFac at video Mark 17 minutes        so lets get this straight.. lets not create real lasting jobs.. .lets not fix our rotting infrastructure, build new high speed train systems, repair/replace old bridges, roads and highways. Lets not invest in our children and help them to go to school or learn a trade. Lets not help our neighbors get medical help when they need it. Lets not work to lower the almost 7% interest rate on mortgages, or the FACT that the average age to afford a small house is now 40 years old.  Lets not invest in our vets and help them to recover, get therapy and the help they need or the training to get that better civilian job.  Lets not rehabilitate prisoners that want to find a better way.  Lets not train our public local officers our local police to serve with empathy and skill to deescalate and enforce laws that make sense.  Rather...  lets attack minorities ...