"The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated."
-Thomas Paine, The Crisis (12/23/1776)
"I took on the tough battles, the hardest fights, the most difficult choices, because that's what you elected me to do. Your needs were my first and last unyielding focus. This, I hope, will be our greatest legacy: Together, we put the American people back in charge of our country."
- Donald J. Trump (1/19/2021)
On the eve of great battle with the infantry in dream I felt compelled to share this hit of hopeium with y'all. Although we cannot control what happens from here - which is the most daunting reality of what's to come - we can take solace in the wise words of these great patriots. At the end of the day, we are still here and we still believe that love, peace and freedom will prevail. Remember, the night is always darkest before the dawn.
"Sometimes you must walk through the darkness before you see the light."
- Q (11/12/2020)
It has to start somewhere
It has to start sometime
What better place than here
What better time than NOW?
Bards also had a great parable the other day, think it was the parable of the wheat or sower or something.
And it went like:
A leader and his people sowed wheat seeds in the fields. The enemy sneakily planted weed seeds in the same field.
Some wheat grew, some weeds grew. The people came up to the leader and said "should we go gather them" as in should we go attack the enemy?
And the leader was like no, "burn the weeds and gather the wheat"
But the point he got to was that the wheat that grew was the strongest wheat that could withstand the weeds and could grow in the harshest of conditions for years to come. The leader and his people even though ended up with less wheat, the strength of those wheats were great.