Salutation! Long time no type, My Fabulous Peoples~

If I did not like my hair so much, I’d be tearing it out over the current stress of life. I have a feeling many of you have been going through the same thing? For some reason, it seems the misfortunes of life have been a downpour on the people around me. I wish all of us could take a break from the bad news on top of bad news, but that doesn’t seem to be an option.

So we keep on trucking.

Anyway, while I’ve been managing to keep my hair in my skull where it belongs, I have had a LOT of things on my mind. So much so journaling all of it causes wrist fatigue!

Sort of.

I could probably fix that issue by writing by hand more often, but I am often interrupted by a dog or cat deciding me being immobile means I am bored and thus they need to play with me.

Pssh. Look at that lovely little excuse. I’m just too lazy to journal.

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You know, as someone who doesn’t watch the news and tries to keep off social media for anything other than checking on my family and friends and posting updates about the persisting horrors, I can see a lot of unpleasant things being spread around.

There’s so much expectation being lain on the common man, and so many new unspoken laws, and so much unease as artificial intelligence starts to make more and more of an appearance, (It’s been around for a loooooong time, My Peoples. It’s just being handed out to the general public).

I’m not going to pretend I care what’s going on. I don’t. The world can spin their wheels all they want, and people can conspire and scheme, but at the end of the day, I am still a Child of God. Things could suddenly turn ugly, (dude, there’s been so much stuff going wrong that I’m almost accustomed to it now), but that doesn’t mean God’s abandoned me. This world is rolling to its doom one way or another, but my trust isn’t in the world anyway.

Now, back to the purpose of this blog.

First of all, what I’m seeing being dumped upon the people of the world is Pressure.

Oh. My. Gosh.

“If you don’t look like this we can’t be friends.” “If you don’t know what this is we can’t be friends.” “If you don’t lift you’re wasting your life.” “Fruit is bad.” “Water is bad.” “Veggies are bad.” “Do this to look like this.” “Look at this amazing thing I can do but you can’t.” Etc. Etc. Etc.

Pro tip; LISTENING TO THAT CRAP IS WHAT’S BAD.
(Caps were used for intensive purposes. I did not shout.)

The things people on social media claim to “know” and say they “studied” makes me feel a bubbling sensation of concern and fury for the lies being spread faster than covid. What’s more annoying is that these “Influencers” saying these things Take No Responsibility For ANY Of It!

Aaah, did you not realize that?

Let’s say you changed your diet because they suggested it, or started a new Pill or Shake that “Promises results.” The whole thing came with a message on the “science” behind it, (Let me just tell you that, as a fiction author, things can be explained in a convincing matter and be an absolute work of fiction.), and then this weight loss miracle isn’t working, so now you think your health and fitness journey is impossible.

And because they promised you results you’re stuck with crippling low self-esteem and depression. And since they’re just a face and voice on a tiny screen in your hand, they are completely UNAFFECTED by what they just did to you.

If you have not heard it, allow me to tell you: There is no “miracle solution” to health and weight loss besides Eating Healthy (fruit, veggies, grains, fish, meat, you name it, all in moderation), and Exercise, (Whatever kind floats your boat, be it walking, biking, dancing, or even martial arts. Just don’t sit on the couch doom scrolling your life away).

Also, what if these “Influencers” talk you into believing you’re So Special and Perfect just the way you are, that you don’t have to put effort in anywhere and so you, being so special, are not required to put in any effort at your job and can quit whenever you want, because you’re entitled to it? Why work for your money, right? Since other people can do your job too, just let them carry the bulk of the load and then laugh at them behind their back for being a hard worker. That’s entitlement, right?

Besides, unemployment pays your bills too, right?!

Ha. Ha. Hah… Raaage…

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Whew…
I had to stop and take a breath to calm down.
Watching good people be duped by “scientific discoveries” and “Entitlement” angers me.
I want to help as many people as I can by showing them the truth.

Which brings me to something else on my mind.

I cannot help people beyond my reach.

Perhaps I’ll say that again.

I CANNOT help people BEYOND my reach.

This isn’t a problem for most people, but it is for me. I’ve seen people I respected turn into people I don’t know, and they don’t see it in themselves. They don’t see that they’ve become hypocrites… Some situations need to be handled gently, and with grace…

But. I. Am. Not. Gentle. Or. Graceful. When. Someone. Angers. Me.

If the world were divided into Brains and Brawn, I would be in the category of Brawn. I confront matters when they arrise, but that DOES NOT MEAN I THINK IT THROUGH BEFORE HAND.

Zero stars.
Do not recommend.

I took a few rabbit trails in this post, and I’m drained emotionally and mentally so I don’t think I can follow anymore any deeper here, and I have a whole different topic on my mind as well which I cannot delve into here. It will end up being a different blog post at a later time. I have to do some research and write down resources for it… that’s why I haven’t done it yet.

My Dear People, listen; there is a lot of noise out there. It comes at us from all angles. And we are exposed to it so much we crave it when it is absent.

Isn’t that a scary thought…?

Do you know what you actually like? Or do you chase the fads that interest you?
Do you like your hobbies? Or are they something you do to appease an audience?
Are you the person you actually want to be? Or have you silenced yourself to fit in?

There are a lot of truths that have been revealed to me during my silence here in this blog. Lots of things have changed how I view everything around me. Things I want to address in the next post…

How scary would it be, My Christian Peoples, if we realize the “truth” we’re being preached is manipulated in a way that removed the real truth?

I think a lot of us forget that God doesn’t change.
That Jesus is God.
The same God of the Old Testament.

The same God that Shut the Door of the Ark.

Ah, that’s another post though…

Have you heard the version of this song? It just fits so well with Skillet.

I’m going to go now. I have a pet recovering from surgery crying for my attention and I must answer them, for I love them.

I’ve no idea when the next post will come, since the horrors persist. I will leave you with advice.

Read a KJV Bible, (no, not NKJV).
Don’t doom scroll.
Take a walk.
Love the sinner, not the sin.

I could go on, but then I’ll end up doubling the length of this post.

Take care of yourselves, My Peoples.

E.L.M.

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