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  • Wars and rumors of wars are on the rise. The unfortunate ones have always been used for cannon fodder. Only the strong survive has been a lie passed around on the killing floor forever. Ask anybody who has served in Viet Nam; they know the survivor’s truth. Only luck or God can carry you to the other side when the battle rages on the killing floor. Your survival plan is gone once the first bullet goes whizzing by. Sometimes, something imagined becomes a reality. Events don’t care if your desire is weak or strong. An imagined result is only wishful thinking, except when it is not.
  • Imagination is a product of human existence. Imagination is the ability to visualize what does not exist. Imagination, at times, offers clues to sorting out reality, except when it doesn’t. Always remember, no matter how large a number is, zero is always closer than infinity.
  • You are enslaved to an existing system, or you can create your own, free to choose.
  • Idiots hide behind their generalizations until the light of truth comes shining through.
  • Don’t allow their offerings of misery, grief, and constant sorrow to be owned by you. Love and forgiveness never cross their minds. Hate and revenge are the things of interest to them.
  • They can not deny the vapidity in their eyes as they slide into the darkness of their minds. The dullness of their perceptions is caught up in the emptiness of their thoughts. Confusion is always with them as they mock, scorn, and rebuke everyone else but them. They constantly seek others to partner in their scorn and abuse game. They feel better about themselves when they are playing their game. Gossiping is their go-to recruitment tool. Always remember that you have better things to do. Pay their cheap talk no mind. Just make them invisible in your mind.
  • The powerful ones conspire to compel the unfortunate ones to lie for them. Complete unknowns always do the bidding of the known ones. Understanding what they criticize matters not to them.
  • False narratives used to be around, but now they abound. Gossip does its part.
  • Fortune always favors the ruling class until they are swept away. They always try to overstay their moment in the sun.