I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Not budging, heels dug.
Tough way to go through real life. I speak with not a little experience.
The old man had been run over a time or two. Seriously singed.
I’m no hero. Nobody has ever offered enough money to get out of the way.
And how much would that be, I wonder?
Here’s a test of your patriotism.
Let’s say, a buddy comes to you and tells you – hates to do it – your wife is cheating.
Now a collaborator will get upset with the messenger, but a patriot will want to confront his spouse and find the truth.
You want to understand the information, not your buddy’s vomitous mouth.
Maybe she’s innocent.
If you plant yourself like a tree – I’m a slender fir – we may get to the truth.
But what if the river is in flames? Timely question.
Stay planted anyway.
Can’t send all of us to Mars.
And if they do, the dog’s coming, too.
There is a place between LOL NOTHING MATTERS and Constant Vigilance—and that’s the place where most of us are going to need to live. The authoritarians want us to either get exhausted and melt into the countryside, or become fully nihilistic.
One of the ways to avoid that double-trap is pacing ourselves. Refuse to give up, but be willing to step away to recharge. Hang in there, friends. – J.V. Last