The healing journey of a widowed, unschooling badass in Delaware.
A fundamental difference between the left/right mindsets is explained through the ought/is dichotomy. The left is more likely to say, “Thing X ought to be different.” The right, “Thing X is what it is.”
If your assumption is that reality is fundamentally lacking, it’s hard to see the absurdity or humor in it. Once you accept the seemingly random tragedies of life, you start to laugh a lot more.
This is the wildest post-election/pre-inauguration time I’ve observed in 30 years (yes, I was watching C-Span at 16).
Trump has posted a video of Jeffrey Sacks blaming Netanyahu for our war in Iraq (and the CIA for interfering in Syria).
This is the best news for the Palistinian people that I’ve heard out of this election.
I still don’t trust Trump’s Zionist-filled cabinet, but the Libertarians and America First folks might still have a voice.
Most coaches are shit. Arbitrary authority should be challenged, but kids aren’t well versed in how to go about that peacefully and most adults have been trained to accept unimpressive teachers and employers.
Be ungovernable. Authority is earned, not granted by a title.
Isaiah 59:20 RSV — “And he will come to Zion as Redeemer, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression, says the LORD.
Isaiah 60:12 RSV — For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
Isaiah 60:18-20 RSV — Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you by night; but the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall be ended.
I dream of a time when we are all gathered on a new Earth, in a glorified Zion. There is no more darkness, the sky is filled with the light of the moon and stars and sun.
Isaiah 59:5-6 RSV — They hatch adders’ eggs, they weave the spider’s web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from one which is crushed a viper is hatched. Their webs will not serve as clothing; men will not cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.
When we sin, the fruit of our labor is rotten. No one can eat it. When there is enough sin, no one eats, no one is clothed, and we are not safe from the dangers of nature.
Cultivate a greater respect for listening and you will discover wisdom in places where you once saw only foolishness.
Nineteen degrees Fahrenheit.
That’s how cold it was when I stepped outside, barefoot in a robe, to do my Wim Hof Method breathing.
I’m not sure why I push myself out there each day. It feels like God is beckoning me, it feels like it would be a sin to not take this time for myself.
I’ve only just begun listening to Wesley Huff with Joe Rogan, but I’ve already learned things about the book of Isaiah. Huff’s knowledge of language, Biblical history, and contextual studies is immense.
Matthew 23:23 KJV — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Isaiah 58:9-10 RSV — Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. “If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.
We are the instruments for the Holy Spirit’s work in the world. We must be open to serving our fellow man and lifting their burdens.
As I find my path more clearly, the opportunities to help others multiply. Yet, it never seems like enough.