I just had a guy pull into my parking lot at work and start screaming and yelling at the sky. I came out to see what was wrong and asked if he was ok. He yelled, “DO I LOOK LIKE I’M OK?!” He then proceeded to rant about how he is sick and tired of Covid Cowards, he was yelling about Biden spending us into oblivion, and on and on. I stood and listened, knowing he needed to talk it out. And then I said, “Well, I totally agree.” He stopped, shocked that I would say that. And I added, “It takes a lot of patience to deal with it.” He stood silent for a minute, then got back in his truck and drove off.
I see a huge variety of people everyday and people’s minds are snapping. I see it in the people who watch the news and live in fear, those that are vaxxed and mad at those of us who aren’t (because they blame us for prolonging this pandemic), in people who had to go to the hospital and are now in isolation, in family members who have been rejected because of some “Covid infraction”, I think we have all experienced it ourselves in some way or other. They are trying to break our spirits.
The best advice is from Q: put on the Full Armor of God— read Ephesians 6:10-18. Bookmark this and read it every single day out loud. When you need protection, read Psalm 91 out loud. Pray every day. The days are evil, but God is faithful.
1 John 5:19-20. “We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”
I'm in L.A. The financial penalties for serving the non conforming kick in Nov. 29th for all businesses except grocery and pharmacy. I can go 10 min and get to RPV, Torrance, Long Beach, etc. It's not really that big an inconvenience for me.
The thing is, part of L.A. never fully recovered from the Rodney King riots. The largest segment of the population that refuse the clot shot are blacks. God Bless them. The thing is, some neighborhoods have limited grocery access, and some rely on fast food for nutrition. 50% of L.A. lives at or below the poverty level. Some of these folks will spend a great deal of time and inconvenience getting groceries. Imagine having to haul groceries around on a public bus. It's bad enough seeing the disparity between the wealthy and the poor, but to have this rubbed in our faces is not right.
Once this has been in place for a while, business owners will complain that residents sometimes can just cross the street to another city and escape the law. It's not a mandate, but approved legislation now, I think. So the L.A. Board of Supervisors will write additional legislation that expands the scrutiny to L.A. County. That would be a big deal.
Most people I run across here wear masks everywhere. Inside, outside. They will be for the tyranny. But some will fight. They will have no choice. Or they will just submit. We won't really know until the beginning of Dec., 2021., So many variables, so many guns.