Old habit, having been raised RC, but I cross myself often, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. It is a reminder to me of the shield of Christ. I know I am not doing anything occult, as some have suggested, it is a gesture of who has my mind, and heart, and who gives me strength and protection.
Just found out that the "Progressive" couple who own an arthouse cinema in Montpelier Vermont, are voting for Trump. Do not judge a book by it's cover! They are artsy, mature, organic, educated, compassionate, and easily stereotyped as liberals. They are not. Due to owning a small business, in a liberal city, (duh, Vermont) they have been quiet about this, but in a personal conversation with the wife, after I mentioned I am getting somatic symptoms waiting for this to play out, she shared her thoughts and plans. I believe they would define themselves as Libertarians, as many do in Vermont. Never stereotype! They do drink lattes and are concerned about the environment and care about pollution, so many things that I hear other MAGAS bashing. They are voting for him, not her. Never assume, as they say.
not sure I understand you, my Mortgage company says I have to have insurance or they will cancel the mortgage, same with my property taxes, if those are not paid, the mortgage company adds it to my monthly payments, it has been that way for the past 20 years. Its my choice of what kind of homeowners, it can be minimal, just to cover the value of the house, or it can be better coverage including fire, loss, damage. Since the town can seize the property for non payment of tax after a year, the town will notify the mortgage company of back taxes.
omg thank you for this!!!!! I have been telling people for years. I may have a homesteaders life in the north country now, but I was born and raised in Queens NYC, in a nice neighborhood, I was born in 1950, left NYC in 1977. We all talk like that! People would say "he doesn't make any sense", I said, of course he does, when he refers to things and compares things,,, its just how we talk, interjecting a story with a phrase or an question, the energy. It gets really bad when I am around other NY'ers, even my old accent comes out. This reminds me of a comment I read on Youtube, the video was about some barrista yelling at a customer, and the customer yelling back. The comment was "whats the big deal? They're from Queens, everyone yells in Queens".
I said the same thing a few years back after having an encounter with a nest that was under my front steps. Later that afternoon I went down to my lower garden and saw one munching on cabbage caterpillars, those green ones. I said, "thank you for showing me Lord". Real story. I guess all things do have a purpose, but they still are not welcome near my buildings. I found an easy way without using poison, to discourage their nesting. Get a paper bag, blow it up a little, tie string around it, and hang it, near eaves, in my case I have a big swing, two seater with an awning outdoors, this Spring i saw the buggers casing it out, hung that bag, and they stay far away. But i guess God has a purpose for them.
back in the 70's that is what they called women of my age (74), because some would get this bluing rinse to make their white hair, I dunno, bluish or something, I guess so the white wasn't so glaring. Blue hairs, "oh whose holding up traffic? Just some bluehair driving 35 in a 50mph zone".
Tell everyone you know to make sure to eat whole foods, nothing prepared ahead of time, from now till election day (and after that if they want). The warnings and recalls about tainted foods, from McDonalds to Costco, containing listeria, e coli etc should be taken carefully. We don't have Covid as a cover, but mass illness can still be a distraction as we watch the election results. Pray, and fast from processed foods, and I mean all of it, cake mixes, salami, big macs and Bob Evans, pork and beans, etc, just be careful, it would be so easy for them to taint all of the so called food in our grocery chain. Maybe I am paranoid, but at least I will not get sick.
The guardian of the man I care for has now come down with Covid for the fourth time, and she wants me to take him to get the newest shot for it. There is nothing I can do, she is the guardian. Oh, and she also got the new and latest shot, and now has the new and latest Covid. The chinese sure do know how to make a virus, it shifts gears as soon as they infect you with the vaccine.
Is this even a thing? how could sharia ever be practiced in the USA? I mean, some Muslims may use their break time for prayer, I worked with one, we all got a meal break and two 15 minute breaks in an 8 hour day, 30 mins to eat and 2 breaks, he would go into a quiet area in the nursing home to do his thiing, but thats about it. Who would use Sharia law legally in any state?
Waking up comes from disturbance, loss, grief, hardship, introspection, and a life that was raised up with the idea and belief and faith in God. Ignoring the need of the soul, our conscience, so to speak, will not allow awakening, in my opinion. Mere intellectualism will not cut it, knowledge will not cut it, not as long as the industry of the devil has power over most minds, there is too much distraction that puts a man back to sleep. Which is why the only thing that will save a man for awakening must be disruptive, harsh, and like a slap in the face, cold water in the face, and light, lots of light. One of the hardest disciplines is remaining awake, and yet spreading the gospel with love. A man must die to the flesh and awaken to the spirit, which is why fasting was practiced and is still practiced, as a way of prayer and contemplation. Try doing something that is not mechanical, if you are right handed, eat with your left hand, do something consciously, push yourself, because even those who think they are awake are still on auto pilot in their everyday life. I no longer study Gurdjieff, I left that study for religious study, but I found his teachings to have many truths to it. Some would call him dark, but I do not think so, his influence in my life taught me self observation, which was, in a way, the best thing I could have ever learned. If you have not yet asked Christ to come into your life, please do, we do not know when the time is, but live as if HIS return could be in the next hour. Faith will change your brain, and practicing it in prayer and reading scripture will make it stronger.
One of the things that makes my State beautiful is the fact that billboards were removed from public roads, it does make a big difference. There is no need for them anymore, advertisements are digital, and work better anyway. A rustic cabin is beautiful to me, maybe not to another. There was so much beautiful architecture in NYC, every building had artistry to it, neighborhoods showed pride, the urban improvements bulldozed this and built institutional buildings, where an apartment complex, an office building does not look much different than a prison. Which is appropriate, so many of Americans are in a prison, on autopilot, mechanical, the harshness of reality and the lack of conscious design has numbed the masses. Money only allows us to build the prison walls higher and higher, no sun gets through. The walls of Jericho must come down, and then, let humanity, in the image of God, free of satanic influence, will blossom. We cannot make it as heaven, only heaven is heaven and our minds are limited in what that dimension will be for those of us who are promised it, but we can come to our full potential because we were created with that in mind, in God's mind. We are not a fleeting thought in the mind of God, we are his cherished children who were born into this time for a purpose. I pray that this is all over soon, I wish to live a monastic life, simple beauty. We can live in a world that works with nature and follows it's design. When a man's soul is ugly, so are his creations.
Words from an ICU nurse told to me :"Do not mark that your body can be used for harvesting organs, the doctors will let you die, for the parts they can take, unless you are dying of irreversible cancer, do not sign the DNR (do not resuscitate)."
I am more than a little concerned about the warfare that is going on with our food. Another listeria outbreak, 11.8 million pounds of processed, pre made meat products. Please do not by anything that has been processed and packed. If you are lucky enough to live in an area where you can buy from a farmer, do it!!!! The longer food sits in a plant to be "processed" the longer the time to taint the meat through the supply chain. More expensive? Yes, but cheaper than cancer or illness. Buy the meat, yes, of course, but process it at home! Fresh meat, cut it up, marinate it to your liking, cook it through. Hamburger? Spend the money on the grass fed organic. I know people are suspicious of the organic label, so don't buy from China. Cook it well, learn how to cook, a whole chicken, once eaten, is also soup later on. Know where your food comes from, this is so important. If we refuse to buy their corporate products, the more money goes into local, small family run farms.
The ballots came and are sitting on my bookshelf, one for my son and one for me. I have been tempted to vote early, but I will wait until election day. Part of my reason is sentimental. I live in a tiny town of under 300, we have a town hall that is 200 years old, where we hold town meetings every March. it is high in the hills, which have recently dropped their gorgeous foliage, American history and the hard work of patriots, iron blooded Yankees are in that building. I am follower of tradition, and will wait to go, it may be snowing by then, it may not, I will cast my vote to save my country on the day that has been set aside for all Americans to choose right over wrong. Let us pray that they do.
I know a lot of good people, and I do not hang out with bad people. If only there was a full force of news about the biggest crime of humanity, sexual abuse of children, trafficking, sexual slavery. I do know good people who are not voting for Trump, but they are not pervs, they are not immoral, they go to church, they raise their kids and worked hard all of their lives. This is the one issue, if they knew, if they believed he was going to stop this, for real, they would vote for him in a minute.Instead all I hear is that he is a rapist, blah blah blah. Why is this so hard to expose? Therapists have heard of cult abuse since the early 90's, anyone who travels on the roads, or have been in bus terminals in the middle of the night, have seen it at rest stops, have seen children hookers at the terminals. I am supposed to respect law enforcement, when I know so many of them take money to look away, or do this to kids themselves. I am talking about barely out of puberty children. It cannot be that hard to make it end!!!!!!!! There are people who sell their babies, it is not all that hidden. In a small town up here, the EMT told me that kids in their teens are turning tricks in the port a potty at a farmers market field, for money for drugs. The cops have nothing to do at 2am in the morning, that sort of activity is common knowledge. The town of around 2,300 goes to bed at 11, nothing is open, there is no traffic, but somehow they can't get people over there to stop it???? And all the big strong and armed men around here cannot get together a posse and police it??? And I am talking about men who are voting for trump. What the hell. I am a little old lady and I am ready to go down there in the middle of the night and raise hell, but my son, too, won't let me, and he says he isnt going alone because he doesn't want us to get shot through the window in the middle of the night. Sometimes I scream at God to just come and smite them all. The cops are in on it too, they have to be.