I want to thank everyone who has graciously allowed me to ramble here on Substack and have also been so kind as to subscribe to my posts. I’ve mentioned in the past that I am not a writer, scholar, Doctor, or journalist. I’m just a person out here in the ether who felt like I had to do something “more” during the past couple of years. That I couldn’t stay silent if I had something to say. That I could no longer be afraid of offending someone by sharing my opinion about things going on. That I had to, not only share with others what I was/am doing to live liberty, but also encourage others to do their small part as well.
That being said, I plan to continue to try and post every week. I usually release my new rant on Mondays and try to release my podcast once a month. This Monday… I had brain fog. Haha! Seriously though, I have not felt the same way I usually “feel” when I write or rant. It’s hard to put into words, but suffice it to say I just couldn’t get my thoughts from my brain to my fingers.
I could go on and on about how we really need to continue to push back against an agenda that has been slow-cooking for more years than we have been alive (Yep, it really has). And, that subject is *always* at the back of my mind and I could write about it every single week. I could rant about people still attempting to “comply their way out” of a medical tyranny (by *voluntarily* masking, testing, distancing, locking down, or any other insane ritual we’ve been convinced of) that will literally destroy everything we have ever known and give tyrants world wide ownership of our bodies if we keep on saying yes. I could drone on and on about how saying yes to madness for decades has put us right where we are. But, I’m not going to do that today.
I collect quotes. Yeah I know it’s kind of geeky, but when someone says something profound (and this could even be someone at the grocery store) I feel like I have to save it. I read quotes now and then to remind myself of things that are important. So, this week, I’m going to share a few of my favorite quotes that have caused me to think differently about something; either myself, the world, humanity, or just anything. I hope one of these will cause your synapses to fire and reveal to you something inside of yourself you didn’t know was there:
“Stupidity is also a gift of God but one mustn’t misuse it.” Author Unknown
“Normalizing insanity is driving me crazy.” RDSIV
“Government does not have the right to do the wrong thing.” Author Unknown
“Imagine a vaccine so safe that you have to be forced to take it. For a disease so deadly that you don’t know you’ve got it unless you’ve been tested for it.” Author Unknown
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” Samuel Adams
“The reset is not a natural inevitability, it is a con, a trap. No matter how bad the crisis in our nation becomes, it is the people — namely the liberty-minded people — who will determine the future, not the globalists. Their plan relies on our panic. Instead of panic, let’s show them a unified front and a plan of our own.” Tyler Durden
“All survival is built on sacrifice. And that is a fact.” H.G. Wells
“People do not fail — they only quit trying.” Jay Conrad Levinson
“Herds go over cliffs. Together.” RDSIV
“To accept others as they are doesn’t mean you have to give in to them or put up with them.” Harry Browne
And lastly (I have countless dozens), another from Harry Browne from 1973:
“Every complication in your life today is the result of something you’ve allowed to happen. You initiated it, or you consented to it, or you’ve allowed it to continue.” (Emphasis my own)
I implore you to read through these quotes a few times. Think about them. We have allowed wisdom to become passe’ in our culture. We throw away the “Boomers” and the “pasty old people”. We ship our elderly off to “care” homes before necessary. The only way we can get through difficult times is to reflect on what people did before us and gain wisdom from them and those who are still with us.
We really haven’t been going through anything new. That may surprise some of you. The utter evil (I just don’t have another word for it) over the last couple of years has always been lurking. Despots have always wanted to own people and everything on the earth to “save” it. What did those who came before us do? They figured it out! They came together and fought in the war of ideas together and, more importantly, they prevailed! Our forebears chose courage! They chose sacrifice over convenience and dog treats from their masters (if you just do what we say we’ll let you travel or go get a cup of coffee).
This week, remember that the war for liberty is not over. It never will be. That, most of the time, that war is actually inside of ourselves. Be encouraged and find your courage. Do just one thing this week that you may be scared to death to do! Speak with a stranger, help someone across the street, take off your mask and refuse to put it back on, refuse a test, maybe look for a job with a company not participating in tyranny or start a business. Do something to grab liberty for yourself. Make a plan to live free. We can do this.
I hear you...I have a ton of drafts and article ideas, and then I wake up, check what's going on, and there's some new craziness I feel I need to comment on. I can't keep up! Thanks for the inspiration at the end of your post!
It's inspiring that you can write an inspiring post even when experiencing brain fog/writer's block. I love the quotes & your example of succeeding by not quitting. Thank you!!