Midweek Mezzorant The Sequel

I hear you my friend.

TRUMP IS JESUS. TRUST THE PLAN. Q

Haha, no problem at all my dear. Love you back.

It would be a very boring place on earth if we would all agree on everything. Just a little more understanding and accepting other opinion already makes a big difference.

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Thanks for you thoughts FBK. I totally agree with you on the fact that there is only one consistent factor and that is inconsistency. I guess that goes with the fact that we have become much to dependent on what others say and think through today's communication technology and that gives those who claim to know it or "lead" an edge against the masses.

They have hacked into our own survival mechanism. And you are right, we are far from stability in that respect and it is a (maybe too) long road to normalcy.

But those who still can make their own decisions must keep advocating the positive effect of being your own voice. As tiresome as it can be and even if it is against the odds.

You might be right in what you say my friend, but I for one refuse to give up and will keep trying to convince others to follow their own instinct. And I know I am naive. So be it. Thanks for your opinion.

Truly loved that poem. We can use much more of that. Happy in Nature is a beautiful soul.

Thank you so much for your great post my friend. You raise some very valid points.

You are right, we do think a lot for other people and what their level of life should be. If someone is satisfied with their way of living and status, why push something upon them that makes them feel uncomfortable or stressed, just for the sole fact that if they don't, they are not welcome in their circle.

I truly believe that the most creative, lively and complete groups / teams are those who have a big diversity in them when it comes to level of comfort, skills and knowledge. It encourages the use of individual instinct and out of the box thinking to handle the most difficult situations..

Otherwise...



And yes, we have entered an era where our attention span seem to have become that of a ping pong ball. Gotta love our technology information society.

Thank you my dear Sloane. Had to use The Sequel and I am sure there will be a trilogy coming one of these weeks, lol.

And yes, I will be the first to include myself in this whole deal as well. Too much in a hurry, short fused at times. Like you said, try to mellow out a bit..

Ramble on my dear DB. Your words always hit home.

I have told you before how I admire your way of life and how you raised your kids and how you stand in life. You are proof of the counterweight to the madness we put ourselves through at times. And you know how to put things in perspective. I love that about you. And that is what we need to make this way of thinking spread like an ink spot, as extremely difficult as that may be.

Love you Isis!

To each their own opinion. But with all due respect, I wholeheartedly disagree.. Stay safe though!

I love Kahlil Gibran's poetry. I first read this shortly after 9/11, but it took a few years of spiritual development before the words truly resonated in my heart.

On Freedom
Kahlil Gibran - 1883-1931

And an orator said, Speak to us of Freedom.
And he answered:
At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom,
Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them.
Ay, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel I have seen the freest among you wear their freedom as a yoke and a handcuff.
And my heart bled within me; for you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of freedom as a goal and a fulfilment.

You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care nor your nights without a want and a grief,
But rather when these things girdle your life and yet your rise above them naked and unbound.

And how shall you rise beyond your days and nights unless you break the chains which you at the dawn of your understanding have fastened around your noon hour?
In truth that which you call freedom is the strongest of these chains, though its links glitter in the sun and dazzle your eyes.

And what is it but fragments of your own self you would discard that you may become free?
If it is an unjust law you would abolish, that law was written with your own hand upon your own forehead.
You cannot erase it by burning your law books nor by washing the foreheads of your judges, though you pour the sea upon them.
And if it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed.
For how can a tyrant rule the free and the proud, but for a tyranny in their own freedom and a shame in their own pride?
And if it is a care you would cast off, that care has been chosen by you rather than imposed upon you.
And if it is a fear you would dispel, the seat of that fear is in your heart and not in the hand of the feared.

Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded,the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that which you would escape.
These things move within you as lights and shadows in pairs that cling.
And when the shadow fades and is no more, the light that lingers becomes a shadow to another light.
And thus your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.


From The Prophet (Knopf, 1923). This poem is in the public domain.

I love how Janis Joplin paraphrased that last bit "Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose".

Hi Mezzo! A great post, my friend!

My sister shared something on FB the other day - it basically said that we each have the God-given right to have our own beliefs. We DO NOT always have to agree on those beliefs. But we do have the responsibility to be respectful of each other even when we don't agree.

We used to have more compassion, more tolerance for the other person, and we depended less on how people made us FEEL as a reason for existence. Our world should not be based and governed on our feelings, because feelings are too transient and ephemeral. And too easily controlled by other people who are looking to gain power or authority over everyone else.

You say you feel a need sometimes for a re-set. I am sadly afraid that we are going to have one. Sadly, because it will likely be violent, lots of people will not make it through it, and it will be worse than anyone can imagine because of the tremendous change and upheaval. To see how the changes of the last 6 months have affected us, just multiply what a re-set will do by 1,000!!! We aren't handling change too well, it seems.

Many of us are longing for the return of what normal used to be, but I think we've opened the Pandora's box. We can't undo what we've allowed to happen. We can only move forward to try to make the best of what the new normal is going to be. I personally want to work at developing a world where we respect, value, love and find unity with each other. I am sick in my soul of the divisiveness, anger, hatred, and sometimes pure evil that is running rampant in the world today. But somewhere in all this, I still believe there is beauty, love, hope and goodness. We just have to make it a priority to look for it and celebrate it when we find it.

You are just such a one to celebrate, Mezzo my friend. Keep up the rants - even Star Wars had 6 or 7 sequels, and prequels!!! We need a gentle shaking every now and then to make us look away from the bad and look around for the good. Keep up the good effort!! Love you, my friend!