For me it comes and goes... an overwhelming sense of hopelessness seems to creep up on me, and I have to fight through it.
Yes, Jesus is my source of hope. But I am human. I have a need to stay informed, and yet it wrecks me often, due to the evil I discover.
Even knowing that Jesus has won, that we have won, that we are winnning... these are such "far away" concepts in the face of the ugliness that we see unveiled every day.
So much energy goes into keeping a grasp on all that is happening, so as to be able to red-pill others and to protect my family. That's how I am wired. Can't help it.
So I find my balance this way: I try to limit my time here (rather than just an all day constant presence), and I pray for wisdom and strength. I also choose to live as an example of goodness (and I am not perfect!). These things keep me sane.
I wrote this because I assume many struggle with this balance... and I just wanted to encourage everyone to hang in there, and take a moment to acknowledge the challenge and to strategize about how best to maintain the balance for yourself.
If we are not mentally, emotionally, and spiritually strong when the shit really blows up, then we will not be the shepherds I believe God is calling us to be.
I go for a 2-3 hour hike everyday in the wilderness. Rain, snow or shine. -40C, +30C. Doesn't matter, I just go.
Nature is a great way to calm the mind, and ground yourself.
This is excellent advice.
100%
I take at least an hour to myself to meditate everyday. I’ve learned to accept that I’ve been given knowledge and that it comes with consequences. It’s a real bummer that a lot of people can’t see what you can, but I’m excited because more and more people can!
I used to be depressed and in a really low point in life after learning the truth. I went into the rabbit hole head first and I’m still in there, but I’ve learned to enjoy it. Literally enjoying the movie. I’ve learned to “play” the system, learned to trust myself and God. learned that the people I used to put on a pedestal are no better than me, and I’m no better than anybody else.
It’s given me a sense of comfort and happiness to think that I’ve been “chosen” to redpill others, and that ultimately brick by brick, the wall will come down. I’ve learned that memes have a lot of power, and that as time goes, us little Frens have much power as a whole. End of the day, we were ALWAYS the silent majority, and little by little, our voices are becoming stronger and stronger. Look how easily we diffuse fake news and propaganda campaigns.
/u/changeagent, hold the line, you are here for a reason, and your time will come. You are as important as any one of us here, and much much more important than any globalist institution.
Thank you. I really appreciate and am inspired by what you wrote
I've been trying to get moved to 1st shift for months because I miss hiking every day. Working 2-10:30pm didn't leave much time to hike during the week (have a 35 minute drive to any actual trails), but getting off work at 2:30 leaves the whole afternoon for me to go grab the dogs and hit the trails for a few hours every day. I need to get my ass back in shape, and I just miss the peace of being deep in the woods. Finally going to be moving to 1st shift next month so I'm stoked.
Why not hike in the morning? Just less convenient and the trails are colder?
It’s hard to be motivated to do it when you know you still have to work later especially if you work a labor intensive job. I used to work late shift and at times it was hard to go work out if I knew I had a ball buster day at work ahead of me. I work 6am-2pm now and it’s awesome. In before traffic out before traffic and still plenty of daylight left. You’re also more motivated to work out cause your regular work is already over with.
At this point it would be hard for me to work a 9-5 job or even 8-4. I love working first thing in the morning.
I just don't really have time, with getting the dogs walked and situated, eating, making my lunch salad, and the need to shower after hiking (I sweat like a Tijuana whore on Sunday morning), I'd be cutting it very close. I've done it before and was almost late. The only good hiking is at least an hour round trip, and I like to hike for several hours if I'm going all the way out there. Much easier to hike til it starts getting dark and take my time getting home than rushing through and trying to make sure I don't make myself late to work. I still walk the dogs around the neighborhood every morning, but it's not quite the same as getting in the deep woods all alone.
Good for you. I hate second shift even more than the midnight shift. It's like being out of sync with everyone around me. Reminds me, I need to get my butt out for some good, solid walking time.
100% I want early morning or graveyard fuck swing shift lol.
Yeah I hate it, the only good thing is my fiance is on the same schedule, but her work is much more flexible than mine so once I shift down she's going to start going in a couple hours earlier too so we'll still have plenty of time together
Nature is so healing... I think I need to move to nature.
I started with installing bird and squirrel feeders near my windows. Just watching them lifts my mood. They’re such sweet spirits, completely innocent and ignorant of all the evil all around us. Focusing on them calms me so much.
Done! Great idea. Going to get a feeder this weekend.
We have lot of crows and while they can be annoying, they are very smart. I will take bread out to feed them and then just sit and watch them interact. Because they now recognize me, they will call out to each other so they have gotten pretty comfortable getting close to me. They just live their lives...
(What is more entertaining is taking the tortilla chips we don't finish from the local taqueria, crumbling them up and sprinkling them and then behind you all of a sudden it is 'crunch, crunch, crunch.')
This and yin yoga, meditation is great way to combat bad mood. Also healthy eating, lowering carb intake and avoiding processed food.
I need to start doing this. I'm a quick 10 minute drive from a really nice park. This winter has beaten the living shit out of me mentally.