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FillyGee's avatar

Sometimes it is hard for me to find humor about any part of what is going on in our government. Dr. Fauci treated my cousin for AIDs in the 1990s and killed him with AZT. He died in July 2000 and would have been 71 y.o. today. Fauci has killed 5 people in my family.

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HUMDEEDEE's avatar

😢I am so sorry for the loss of your family members and I'm angry😡as hell that they, and you, were victims of the greed, mendaciousness and evil of Fauci, Gates, WHO and all those in our government who have taken the lives of so many throughout the world. I have to believe they will suffer eternity in a place specially reserved for them and their ilk🔥🔥👺.

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FillyGee's avatar

This is a particularly evil criminal conspiracy. My faith in mankind is waning. I feel sadder, lonelier, incapable of suffering fools, and I have lost my fighting spirit in engaging with people. I used to be quick to label people assholes (if only in my head or under my breath) for nothing more than some benign social infraction, real or perceived. Now, I realize that most of them are assholes and therefore not worthy of designation. They’re just Group A, the ignorant world at large.

We will never be absolutely free. All the plans are in to rob of us of more freedoms. I feel doomed.

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HUMDEEDEE's avatar

I really do understand how you can feel the way you do, and I don't blame you. But, please, if you can, take comfort in knowing that they, perhaps even now, possibly even for a very long time, are paying the price for their evil. We may never witness it first hand or know of it happening, but rest assured, they will pay, some way, somehow.

As for the Group A(holes), yes there is a greater number in that group than the number who live with the aim of doing what is right, staying awake, informed and thinking for ourselves. Ever it is thus.

Perhaps this poem will ease your worried mind. When I feel as you do, I turn to these hopeful words.

Desiderata - Words for Life

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender

be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;

and listen to others,

even the dull and the ignorant;

they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,

they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs;

for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals;

and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love;

for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,

be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,

no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,

whatever you conceive Him to be,

and whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

— Max Ehrmann, 1927

🙏

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Rosemary B's avatar

I did. I printed it out dear friend

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FillyGee's avatar

That was so nice of you. Thank you for bringing it back to me and illuminating the path of the faithful. I hadn’t read it in many, many years although the dissemination of Desiderata was hot during my college years.

I do have a competing voice in my mental repertoire that questions my reactions and reigns them in, admits for standard deviations and then gets quiet.

Thank you for the wisdom.

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Rosemary B's avatar

above all, never ever forget you are not alone in your suffering

You are absolutely not alone.

Your burden must be horrendous and my heart aches for you.

We are the living. good friends and communication with understanding like minded friends are the way to move forward. Certainly, we still carry this grieving and ache with us. We have to somehow accept that this is just a fierce dent on our hearts and we will live and continue to support others.

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FillyGee's avatar

Thank you, Rosemary. I know I am not alone but I cloister myself. I am happy you wrote to me and made a connection. I crave connections with like-minded people.

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