What Lies Ahead...

 

 

Hi!

Happy Spring Holiday! 

Whatever you celebrate, whenever, however, or with whomever you celebrate it, I hope it's everything you want it to be. 

If you can, grab some time with those you love. It's important, even if it doesn't seem like it in the moment. Take these opportunities to fill the memory banks for everyone to draw from down the road. You never know when seemingly inconsequential moments will become core memories without you even being aware. 

On a more serious note....

The human cost of making history is all in vain if we refuse to learn from it. 

I was watching a movie based on real events, which took place right in the middle of the second world war. If it had not been for the willingness of a few to have the courage to make good trouble, their ability to pivot on a dime to create solutions to unforeseen problems, and the guts to follow through, even when all seemed lost, that particular war could have, and likely would have, ended with a very different outcome.

I've seen a few documentaries and movies about other situations that were different, but just as critical to the outcome.

It wasn't any one event that tipped the scale in the favour of what was right, but hundreds, maybe thousands, and likely a lot more we will never know of, that brought us through that darkness.

Those who lived it, and are still here, have not lost their fighting spirit. They find themselves in front of microphones, shouting the truths they shouldn't need to. Fighting fights they won years ago, just to watch the need to fight again grow from ignorance, greed, and stupidity. 

Too many use the guise of public service to obtain and retain power that was never meant to be theirs to begin with. They soon discover what the position they have been entrusted with can do to enrich themselves, instead of the lives of those they are supposed to serve. For those who develop a palate for the corrupted fruit, the whole thing becomes about keeping the power they have twisted, forgetting all about the people who put them in that fancy office in the first place.

Don't get me wrong, I do believe there are some who become public servants for the right reasons, and actually live the job, doing what they can to help the most people they can. I do believe there are still good people, decent people, who stay kind and humble.

But....

There are those who carry ill-intent from the start. Their true colours eventually come to light.... always. Sometimes, they are so transparent that it's obvious from the jump. Sometimes, it takes a while for the shine to dim, and the varnish to wear thin enough to see what's underneath. Sometimes, they are simply void of conscience and are able to tell you what they think you want to hear to your face while they vote against everything their constituents believe in behind closed doors.

History is screaming at us to be aware of what can lie ahead.

If we can't muster the willingness, courage, the ability to pivot to find solutions, and the guts to follow through, we might be looking at an outcome our future generations will regrettably have to live through. All because some refuse to accept what is in plain sight.

This is no longer about having different political views. It isn't now about the bathrooms, or pronouns any more that it was about drinking fountains and bathrooms back then. 

Isn't it strange how border protection is so incredibly important unless it's the border of a country they want to annex, take over, control? As far as they are concerned, other peoples' boundaries don't count... shocker.

We need leaders on the world stage that will stand up for human rights. Let me clarify. The rights of ALL humans to live in peace without threat of extinction. 

If those who fought before us hadn't been as brave, as resourceful, as full of ingenuity, the evil entity with the tiny mustache, and broken soul would not have stopped at Europe. Neither will that mad psychopathic troll stop at Ukraine.

Look how he's convinced the world's idiots that up is down, the sky is green and the grass is blue. He says to lick his boots and they can't do it fast enough, shit and all.  The wannabe King Cheeto has been over the Madman's barrel for so long, taking up space in the house of cards in which the Madman allows him to dwell. 

The wannabe King has managed to dupe those who are somehow, incredibly, more dimwitted than he, that he is some mastermind, some kind of godfather, someone who rewards unwavering loyalty with... ummm.... yeah... those who have been loyal usually get jail time, destroyed reputations and souls lost to the abyss. 

Like the Madman, he uses people until they aren't useful to him anymore... then they cease to exist or they become his sworn enemy, and he abuses every power possible to destroy their lives.

So, not one single person around him, no matter in what capacity, ever comes out on the other side of the engagement for the better. 

I haven't been able to find a single one. 

So when leaders, or potential leaders from countries outside of the USA show a wanting, a willingness, to appease this moron, cozy up to him, or his ideals, voters need to run and vote the other way. 

We, as humanity, can not afford for a majority of the world to be run by madmen and wannabe kings. We became democracies for a reason. Let's keep it that way.

Elbows Up!