Certainly not the quickest way home from work, but it gave me some time to let my thoughts spread their roots pretty deep into my spirit.
Friends, do you realize what is happening? Silly question, I know... because we all have an answer in some way shape or form. But do you REALLY FEEL it?
The 40-thousand foot view. Thats what we call it. But do you ever actually just stay up there for a little while and take it all in? Never, in the history of civilization has their been a more sinister movement to overthrow and control humanity and never has there been such a clever operation to drop the floor out from under that evil and watch it fall into oblivion. The most powerful rulers, the most noble of war heroes, the bravest of explorers do not have a story to top this one.
And we all get a front row seat, in real time, to each move as it is played out. But it gets better. We have podcasts, and series' and articles and social media channels from some patriots and autists who are second to none to help enlighten us when the going gets tough and we need some help to make sense of it all. We have access to documents and studies for dissection, discussion and interpretation. We have a community to help us sort through the bullshit and keep our heads on straight. Q was absolutely right, they COULD have made a movie out of all of this.
Have any of you thought about what you're going to do once we come out on the other side of all of this? Of course its what we all long for but damn it, I will miss this place. Checking out the wins, praying with you all, meme-ing like its my damn 9 to 5, slaying the shills... all of the laughs and sighs and debate and the camaraderie.... and I know; for most of us, this period of time has been the hardest of our lives in one way or another. But here is what I am getting at:
Grab hold of this time in your life, in our nation's history and in the history of the planet. Really dig in deep. Absorb as much of it as you can and try to find some light in every moment. We are the lucky ones to bear witness to it all and be miles ahead of the game in regards to what is going on and how it all ends. Imagine the stories that will be told and the books that will be written....
This is not once in a lifetime stuff folks. This kind of stuff literally is, just "once". Take a deep breath and revel in what we are witnessing. Do not miss a single second of it.
Me, no. But look how many have dropped off since January of last year. Stickies were getting 700+ upvotes regularly, now its rare to see more than 500. At the conclusion of this journey, either this place swells with traffic from curious minds that seek answers we have known all along or the moderates move on with that warm fuzzy feeling from humanity being saved and drop off leaving only us die-hards to keep the lamp lit. My hope will always be for the former but the ebb and flow of society tells me the latter is probably more likely. Not to say one scenario couldn't precede the other. I just really enjoy my time here with everyone. Regardless how #&*@ed up the outside world is, this .win has always been a lighthouse to a calm harbor. I would like to continue to tie my boat up here from time to time, even when the storm outside has subsided!
To be fair, the stickies rotate faster now than they did then. Or at least I feel like they do. Catsfive is pretty on top of keeping it fresh, one has to admit. 😁
That said, great post. I was just at 40000 ft myself the other day and having very similar thoughts.
The Information Revolution appears to be out of the bottle forever. And the DS's age old forms of censorship are slowly but surely backfiring.