👍🙏👍 No bout of doubt it, Jesus is true peace in this 💩storm. Most people are like Peter, they want to walk on water with Him but because they doubt they sink into the depths of despair. Many Canadians have lost faith long ago & suffer the cosequences. They walk through life thinking just because they walk on (frozen) water 6 months per year, they can do it for the other 6 & everyone lives with the consequences. We are now a captive woke nation, with one 👁 open, W.H.O. are ruled by fear. The consequences are apparent in the mental health of family, friends, especially on the homeless multitudes. We are led down the road of good intentions, only to slowly come to realize it's the highway to he🏒🏒, by a UNiparty that does " ⚡️Not See⚡️" what we have become.
Fortunately, the mask fell off in Parliament with a unanimous standing ovation for evil ideology🔱. The truth can be a very ugly thing but one we have to face & overcome, starting with ourselves first. We can't change even our own little world if we are broken by, & live, in the past... 🙏☦️🙏
"The absence of romance in my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it, I shall be content." ~Thucydides, the history of the Peloponnesian War, published roughly 410 BC. One of the first times someone said that history is worth learning because stuff happens again the same way if we forget.
The fascist response by the evil Trudeau to the peaceful assembly of truckers who were denied by him their freedoms to speak, assemble, and petition for redress are unspeakable crimes against humanity. Trudeau should be out in prison for the rest of his life and fed the bread of affliction.
Smart, very smart move. Sadly, it breaks my heart every time, I have transcribed many testimonies of people who thought they couldn't afford to lose their job, took the jab, but then found that they were so badly injured they can no longer work. And they've lost their savings, too.
I don't know how smart it was, but I have my integrity and I'm happy with that. I don't have any dependents other than a houseful of rescue animals, so my decision was made under a lot less duress than many of my coworkers who did cave in and took the injection. Over the course of a year, I watched them all fall one by one to saying "yes" and it broke my heart.
They turned on me and lied about me and to me and slandered me and punished me in large part because I would not shut up or stop sending emails and studies about how dangerous the injections are. Also in large part because I was a constant reminder they did have a choice. Not an easy one for many. By the time I finally lost my job, I had also lost my confidence in other people.
When I say I don't know how smart my decision was, at least in terms of what the world deems as "smart", it's due to the fact I not only lost my trust in other people, but am also followed by a very negative employment record and consequently, live in poverty and am virtually a hermit.
Regardless, I know I made the right decision and God has let me know he's pleased with me in this respect, so I'm not complaining. I'm as happy in this world as I can be.
I really appreciate your work transcribing all the stories and studies. I read them all and they help me and mean a lot. Though I sometimes cry.
I also thank Dee Dee for providing such interesting articles and the space to discourse.
Thank you, Pirate Studebaker, for sharing your story, and thank you also for your kind words. You are not alone. It gives me comfort to make the transcripts, and I am very glad to know that you find something worthwhile in them for you. There is indeed a lot to cry about. But as I hope many of the transcripts show, here are out there some really courageous people, people of good heart. (including Dee Dee)
Sounds a lot like me. House full of rescue animals, living like a hermit, no trust in other people. Too many animals to even try for a job, so yeah, stretched thin but love those animals.
Lots of good ideas in your thought bubbles, there!
I like your comment of "I’ve often thought, if everyone was just a tad nicer, things would be a whole lot better!" - that is SO true! If people would be kinder, nicer; just a bit more reasonable?! Life would be so much better all around!
Anyway, I got 2 kittens. They have helped me with my anxiety! I also spend time with our livestock. I also take a herbal health tablet (Metagenics 'Neurocalm') each day. I've had a Healing session with a Healer. I listen to music, play the piano, try to get to bed at a reasonable time, cook lots and eat well, drink lots of water, spend time with my kids and my hubby. Trying to get my kids to be well-behaved, however, is not always achievable (!!).
I've tried seeing health professionals during covid - but most of them are crap these days. Most aren't worth the time or the money, and that's coming from me, a health professional! My family and some friends are lucky - I treat them! But it's been really hard finding good health professionals to help ME. So I've had to get quite good at turning inwards and helping myself.
I think you have wonderfully captured bright good sense in your illustration! (Have you thought of selling these on etsy or something?)
The people I know who are most anxious all watch TV news and spend mega time on Big Tech social media (FB, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter) and are constantly texting and taking photos. Their entire lives are mediated by their phones. They also eat a lot of junk food.
The tip ‘avoid drugs and alcohol’ led me to many of the other tips 9 years ago, when I found Alcoholics Anonymous. It saved my life. I’ve learned to pray, meditate, get into a daily routine, help others, eat healthy, love and tolerance is our code, and most of all gratitude. What are you grateful for TODAY? The key to life is in this ‘now moment.’ We have a choice today. If we think we’re going to have a bad day, we’re probably going to have a bad day. If we think we’re going to have a good day, we can choose to have a good day. It really is that simple for me today. Be the lighthouse and shine unconditional love!
I suffered from chronic depression as a child and through to My early adulthood. And I do mean chronic. Had suicidal thoughts. Every day.
One day My sister introduced Me to a book called Choice Theory, by William Glasser. In it, He suggested that depressing was a choice. Of course, I did not accept that - at first. But I did decide to try the suggestion He made for handling depression.
Every time I noticed I was depressed, I would ask Myself why I was choosing to depress. And whether I got an answer or not, the next question I asked was, "Is there a better choice?"
Initially I found that the depression would lift for an hour or two. But then I would catch Myself depressing and ask the questions again. Again, it would lift for a short while. The fact that it did lift at all suggested that maybe Glasser was right.
I kept at it, and after a week, I was asking the questions once or twice a day. A month in and maybe two or three times a week. By six months, I stopped choosing to depress at all. 40+ years later, and I still never choose to depress.
He has a good point! I will say, it never seemed like I was choosing to depress until I allowed that idea in just a bit - and then it became clear that I WAS making that choice.
Please, everyone.... keep things simple and revel in enjoying things from your core. Taking self-imposed pressure off your expectations by consciously choosing what is important to do in a given day will get it all done - in good time, with a sense of calm, and a restorative spirit of gratitude.
Healing and metabolic repair - necessary to maintain health and emotional balance - happen when adrenaline levels are lowered (save the "fight or flight" response for when it really matters). Quality of life lies in the quality of mind, body, soul, and spirit. Blessings.
Find a local church (ekklesia-gathering; body-of-Christ, His holy bride) which takes God at His Word. Join it. (Covenant with it.) Live life together. (Joyfully engage in the New Testament "one another's" which make zero sense as a disembodied free-floating cell.) Drive an hour if you need to. Move if you need to. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in the darkness of encroaching Nazism realized the vital importance of this; thus his book, "Life Together". See, e.g., https://nasb.literalword.com/?q=Acts+2%3A43-47, which amplifies the embodied gathering (booths) of https://nasb.literalword.com/?h=10&q=Nehemiah+8
Sometimes, I think you just have to ride the feelings of sadness like a river, if you fight too hard against the river, you could wind up in an eddy and circle around and around. After the last 3 plus years of global insanity and cruelty, if you aren't depressed, then you're in denial or a sociopath.
I'm grieving the loss of my old life and I imagine it can't be rushed or made better. Nature, 528 hz music, animals, long walks, and a good dinner all help.
But it really is going to be a matter of time. A long time.
Dee, very nice cartoon! However, I would leave off "Turn off the internet." I find that in most ways it has become my Dr. WEB for healing information. Why go to pharmacy-controlled "NotHealthCare" (as my daughter Joy calls it)? The sad TRUTH about Fauci's Ouchies seems to only be found on there! I like "Worry ends . . .when FAITH in Yahweh begins!" And "Hope for the BEST. . .Cancel the WORST!" I post publicly and freely on MeWe. Holistic Healing: EarthClinic.com.
Thank you Dee. And try to find things to be thankful for, every day. Little things.
My favourite is pray. God loves you and wants you to be happy. God bless you. Amen.
👍🙏👍 No bout of doubt it, Jesus is true peace in this 💩storm. Most people are like Peter, they want to walk on water with Him but because they doubt they sink into the depths of despair. Many Canadians have lost faith long ago & suffer the cosequences. They walk through life thinking just because they walk on (frozen) water 6 months per year, they can do it for the other 6 & everyone lives with the consequences. We are now a captive woke nation, with one 👁 open, W.H.O. are ruled by fear. The consequences are apparent in the mental health of family, friends, especially on the homeless multitudes. We are led down the road of good intentions, only to slowly come to realize it's the highway to he🏒🏒, by a UNiparty that does " ⚡️Not See⚡️" what we have become.
Fortunately, the mask fell off in Parliament with a unanimous standing ovation for evil ideology🔱. The truth can be a very ugly thing but one we have to face & overcome, starting with ourselves first. We can't change even our own little world if we are broken by, & live, in the past... 🙏☦️🙏
"The absence of romance in my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it, I shall be content." ~Thucydides, the history of the Peloponnesian War, published roughly 410 BC. One of the first times someone said that history is worth learning because stuff happens again the same way if we forget.
The fascist response by the evil Trudeau to the peaceful assembly of truckers who were denied by him their freedoms to speak, assemble, and petition for redress are unspeakable crimes against humanity. Trudeau should be out in prison for the rest of his life and fed the bread of affliction.
A friend once said, "The key to happiness is knowing what you can live without."
I can't live without my right to choose. So I had to give up my job. I can live without that job.
Smart, very smart move. Sadly, it breaks my heart every time, I have transcribed many testimonies of people who thought they couldn't afford to lose their job, took the jab, but then found that they were so badly injured they can no longer work. And they've lost their savings, too.
I don't know how smart it was, but I have my integrity and I'm happy with that. I don't have any dependents other than a houseful of rescue animals, so my decision was made under a lot less duress than many of my coworkers who did cave in and took the injection. Over the course of a year, I watched them all fall one by one to saying "yes" and it broke my heart.
They turned on me and lied about me and to me and slandered me and punished me in large part because I would not shut up or stop sending emails and studies about how dangerous the injections are. Also in large part because I was a constant reminder they did have a choice. Not an easy one for many. By the time I finally lost my job, I had also lost my confidence in other people.
When I say I don't know how smart my decision was, at least in terms of what the world deems as "smart", it's due to the fact I not only lost my trust in other people, but am also followed by a very negative employment record and consequently, live in poverty and am virtually a hermit.
Regardless, I know I made the right decision and God has let me know he's pleased with me in this respect, so I'm not complaining. I'm as happy in this world as I can be.
I really appreciate your work transcribing all the stories and studies. I read them all and they help me and mean a lot. Though I sometimes cry.
I also thank Dee Dee for providing such interesting articles and the space to discourse.
God Bless.
Thank you, Pirate Studebaker, for sharing your story, and thank you also for your kind words. You are not alone. It gives me comfort to make the transcripts, and I am very glad to know that you find something worthwhile in them for you. There is indeed a lot to cry about. But as I hope many of the transcripts show, here are out there some really courageous people, people of good heart. (including Dee Dee)
The courageous and good hearted people make me cry for joy, so, yes, the tears aren't all sad ones. Thanks, again.
Sounds a lot like me. House full of rescue animals, living like a hermit, no trust in other people. Too many animals to even try for a job, so yeah, stretched thin but love those animals.
The little animals are very good friends. I'm glad you have yours.
Lots of good ideas in your thought bubbles, there!
I like your comment of "I’ve often thought, if everyone was just a tad nicer, things would be a whole lot better!" - that is SO true! If people would be kinder, nicer; just a bit more reasonable?! Life would be so much better all around!
Anyway, I got 2 kittens. They have helped me with my anxiety! I also spend time with our livestock. I also take a herbal health tablet (Metagenics 'Neurocalm') each day. I've had a Healing session with a Healer. I listen to music, play the piano, try to get to bed at a reasonable time, cook lots and eat well, drink lots of water, spend time with my kids and my hubby. Trying to get my kids to be well-behaved, however, is not always achievable (!!).
I've tried seeing health professionals during covid - but most of them are crap these days. Most aren't worth the time or the money, and that's coming from me, a health professional! My family and some friends are lucky - I treat them! But it's been really hard finding good health professionals to help ME. So I've had to get quite good at turning inwards and helping myself.
I think you have wonderfully captured bright good sense in your illustration! (Have you thought of selling these on etsy or something?)
The people I know who are most anxious all watch TV news and spend mega time on Big Tech social media (FB, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter) and are constantly texting and taking photos. Their entire lives are mediated by their phones. They also eat a lot of junk food.
The voice of the world is mental-emotional-spiritual junk food. Manna is infinitely better.
https://nasb.literalword.com/?q=john+6
The tip ‘avoid drugs and alcohol’ led me to many of the other tips 9 years ago, when I found Alcoholics Anonymous. It saved my life. I’ve learned to pray, meditate, get into a daily routine, help others, eat healthy, love and tolerance is our code, and most of all gratitude. What are you grateful for TODAY? The key to life is in this ‘now moment.’ We have a choice today. If we think we’re going to have a bad day, we’re probably going to have a bad day. If we think we’re going to have a good day, we can choose to have a good day. It really is that simple for me today. Be the lighthouse and shine unconditional love!
I suffered from chronic depression as a child and through to My early adulthood. And I do mean chronic. Had suicidal thoughts. Every day.
One day My sister introduced Me to a book called Choice Theory, by William Glasser. In it, He suggested that depressing was a choice. Of course, I did not accept that - at first. But I did decide to try the suggestion He made for handling depression.
Every time I noticed I was depressed, I would ask Myself why I was choosing to depress. And whether I got an answer or not, the next question I asked was, "Is there a better choice?"
Initially I found that the depression would lift for an hour or two. But then I would catch Myself depressing and ask the questions again. Again, it would lift for a short while. The fact that it did lift at all suggested that maybe Glasser was right.
I kept at it, and after a week, I was asking the questions once or twice a day. A month in and maybe two or three times a week. By six months, I stopped choosing to depress at all. 40+ years later, and I still never choose to depress.
My dad once explained to me, there are plenty of people that will run you down, don't be one of them.
He has a good point! I will say, it never seemed like I was choosing to depress until I allowed that idea in just a bit - and then it became clear that I WAS making that choice.
No one can rescue you.
Please, everyone.... keep things simple and revel in enjoying things from your core. Taking self-imposed pressure off your expectations by consciously choosing what is important to do in a given day will get it all done - in good time, with a sense of calm, and a restorative spirit of gratitude.
Healing and metabolic repair - necessary to maintain health and emotional balance - happen when adrenaline levels are lowered (save the "fight or flight" response for when it really matters). Quality of life lies in the quality of mind, body, soul, and spirit. Blessings.
Today’s illustration is particularly salable/frame-worthy. It has extra potential.
All great examples of calming the body and soul.
Find a local church (ekklesia-gathering; body-of-Christ, His holy bride) which takes God at His Word. Join it. (Covenant with it.) Live life together. (Joyfully engage in the New Testament "one another's" which make zero sense as a disembodied free-floating cell.) Drive an hour if you need to. Move if you need to. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in the darkness of encroaching Nazism realized the vital importance of this; thus his book, "Life Together". See, e.g., https://nasb.literalword.com/?q=Acts+2%3A43-47, which amplifies the embodied gathering (booths) of https://nasb.literalword.com/?h=10&q=Nehemiah+8
Lots of great advice all down the chain here. We all have mental issues at times. Those who deny it are either sociopaths or liars.
Excellent advice - getting a pet works wonders.
Sometimes, I think you just have to ride the feelings of sadness like a river, if you fight too hard against the river, you could wind up in an eddy and circle around and around. After the last 3 plus years of global insanity and cruelty, if you aren't depressed, then you're in denial or a sociopath.
I'm grieving the loss of my old life and I imagine it can't be rushed or made better. Nature, 528 hz music, animals, long walks, and a good dinner all help.
But it really is going to be a matter of time. A long time.
Yes! All of the above. Don’t live in fear. Fear doesn’t prevent death, it prevents life
Dee, very nice cartoon! However, I would leave off "Turn off the internet." I find that in most ways it has become my Dr. WEB for healing information. Why go to pharmacy-controlled "NotHealthCare" (as my daughter Joy calls it)? The sad TRUTH about Fauci's Ouchies seems to only be found on there! I like "Worry ends . . .when FAITH in Yahweh begins!" And "Hope for the BEST. . .Cancel the WORST!" I post publicly and freely on MeWe. Holistic Healing: EarthClinic.com.
ETERNAL LIFE BLESSINGS FOR YAHWEH'S SAINTS!