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“The devil’s strategy is not always to provoke, but to darken. He blinds the soul through pleasures, until what is sweet becomes bitter, and what is bitter becomes sweet.”
—St. Bernard of Clairvaux
5 ONE-BREATH PRAYERS FOR OVERWHELMED MOMENTS
1. Be still, my anxious heart. (Psalm 46:10)
2. Not my strength, but Yours. (Philippians 4:13)
3. Christ before me, Christ within me. (St. Patrick's Breastplate)
4. In this chaos, You remain. (Hebrews 13:8)
5. I offer this frustration as incense. (Psalm 141:2)
Sometimes the deepest prayers aren't long, just honest.
I had a crazy dream last night where I teamed up with J.R.R. Tolkien to help a stranded time traveler in the Old West. Then we went to outer space and got caught up in some kind of starship battle against Loki. 😆
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"Zazzy - always good to hear from you." ~ Ron Anselmo
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Likewise.
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"It seems kind of contradictory to both attempt to cull and import a whole bunch of immigrants. What's your take on that?" ~ Strange Bedfellow (AKA The Man They Call Zazelle)
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"They are replacing those US citizens who refuse to live a third world lifestyle in a first world country, with those who are happy to live a third world lifestyle in a first world country.
It's all relative. Americans will not hang drywall for $10/hour, nor live eight to a two-bedroom apartment. The immigrants will, and happily so.
Out with the discontents and in with the happy." ~ Ron Anselmo
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Agreed and it sounds like something I would say too...
How about I print that out (say with an anon attribution) and post it on a few lightposts in town here, maybe with a blog address where they can reply?
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"Question: Do our local grocery, etc., stores owe us a living? What about those who constitute our governments? What happens when/if they fold up for good overnight?" ~ Strange Bedfellow
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"I teach my sons, now 20 and 21, no one owes us anything. We're entitled to what we earn - nothing more, nothing less.
If they all fold up for good overnight, I'd be delighted. Things will go dystopian, but Darwinian, I'll be fine." ~ Ron Anselmo
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Agreed again...
But we/your sons might be 'competing' (for how long?) with those newcomers, etc., who might be willing to put up drywall for $10 an hour and live eight to a two-bedroom...
What do we do/does Dad say about that?
Then again, presumably the newcomers pay taxes like for underfunded pensions, civil infrastructure maintenance, and unemployment insurance and welfare and whatnot.
Maybe even universal basic income if that gets any traction.
It might be a 'necessary evil' if the petrodollar remains. If not, then it's likely a debt jubilee and a grand currency reset which, as you wrote, is all relative, so maybe that will also affect the current stagflation too. 'Fun' times ahead in any case.
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"Thanks again for checking in Zazzy, I miss your food-related metaphors. :-) What's up with the coffee shop?" ~ Ron Anselmo
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A coffee shop seems like a bit of a glorified ball-and-chain, yes?
Over here, when I pass by Kit Kat Pizza, for example, I almost always spot the ostensible owners-- maybe in their 70's-- hanging out around their usual table. Their shop has dubious ambiance but it's more one of those takeout sort of places anyway.
Since I have a bit of a background in residential design and an interest in tiny houses and its associated social movement, if you can call it that, and since our newcomers for examples might be in that sort of market, to say nothing of the increasing homeless, I might avail myself. I have other things to do though, so we'll see.
How about you?