Chop Wood, Carry Water

"Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water."

- Buddha

Good people,

I hope that your day, so far, has been good to your purpose. I hope that the rest of your day is, at least, just as good.

Well, the new year is only 7 days out of the gate, but the "hits" just keep rolling out of the White House.

How much garbage need be littered on the landscape of our, every thinking man, woman, boy, or girl's, life's landscape, before those in the positions of power and authority decide that it is time to pick up and remove the trash.

This is not about politics. The cretin to whom I am referring doesn't have a political bone in his body. This is about right and wrong, good and evil. We, Americans, are being put at risk with every deed done and word spoken that has this idiots signature on it. And, the people who can't see this need to seek surgery on those parts of their eyes and hearts that are used to see that which is reasonable and that which makes absolutely NO sense at all.

Now, we do NOT control much of what happens in our lives, especially that which is happening to us now by way of a "president" gone mad, on his revenge tour.

But, we do control how we receive and then handle those "things and stuff" that happen to us.

So, we must not allow ourselves to fall victim to the lies that this troll is spewing to the masses, the same lies that have divided this country to the point that it is not impossible, but very difficult to know "who's who." The ugliness inherent in this great divide is killing this country to its core, piece by piece. One day, if the little emperor is allowed to continue his "murderous rant," there is the possibility that we will not be able to stanch the bleeding, and all that will be left is for us to "die defeated."

We can delay, diminish, and possibly even destroy that possibility by standing firm in believing that harmony between and among all of us is the answer, certainly one of the answers to righting our country's listing ship.

I can say, without hesitation, that I see, daily, good, nay, great individuals, weaponizing themselves against the trifling yet staunch effort of an American "president" bent on destroying his own people, destroying his own country.

These people come from every walk of life ... intelligent, strong, caring, giving, generous ... loving men, women, and young people who care, not only about the welfare of themselves and their families, but also about the general welfare of all people.

And these people to whom I refer are about the deed as much as they are about the word. Meaning, simply, that they walk the talk of their lives in the "key of love."

I am certain that we are up to the battle of overcoming the "lowlife ambition" of an aspiring dictator. We will need the help of the aforementioned people of power and authority, but we must trust the good in our hearts, and the smarts in our own heads, FIRST.

We the people are the foundation of our own good fortune.

"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."

- Confucius

Good people,

I am not a crusader, I am simply someone, who like most of you, would like to see a better beginning for those young people just hitting their stride and the babies behind them as much as I'd like to see something better for myself.

At the rate that we are being led DOWN the mountain this desire of mine, yours, and ours could become no more then a pipedream. And, wouldn't that be sad.

Having written all of that ... I yet wish all of you, health, happiness, peace, the power of an inconvenient understanding, and LOVE.

You remember, right? I think we can, I think we can ... how 'bout you?

Love and blessings abundant.

Your friend, Joyce's boy,

aka Fast "I guess I'll always be a dreamer" Binky🤣

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