“The bible says being gay is a sin.”

1. The word homosexual wasn’t in any version of the bible, anywhere, until the 1940s.
2. The bible does, and has, said not to judge other people.

How much do you really know about your own religion?

(SPOILER ALERT! The original translation has nothing to do with homosexuality, it was about grown men abusing kids. Critical thinking time: Why would religious leaders want to change that?)

1. You’ve been warned of false prophets: Matthew 7:15, Matthew 24:24, 1 John 4:1
2. If you’re posting the same things as nazis and white supremacists, you need to think harder.
3. Hitler, his appointed leaders, and his followers used Christianity to gain followers and sympathizers.
4. If you’re not seeing the parallels of 1930s Germany, you probably aren’t fantastic at history. It’s very important to know it so we don’t repeat it!

A client of mine had the opportunity to see Bush Jr. and Clinton speak recently. She recalled that they said this administration is hurting us, but in time, we will be able to repair our country.

I want to believe that so badly, but it already isn’t true. The decisions that have been made in our country have already killed our fellow countrymen, inside our own borders.

The call is coming from inside the country.

It’s too late.

Something I’m learning

and growing into at this point in my life

is understanding, best I can,

WHEN my silence favors the oppressors

And

WHEN my silence valid.

Shutting the fuck up can also be a response.

Shutting the fuck up doesn’t mean I don’t have an opinion,

But

It does mean that I understand that my opinion being shared will do nothing.

Not a poem.

No fancy or quippy phrases.

Just an announcement that being an American adult in 2025 is an absolute scam.

My example today: $1200 for six months of vision. Contacts.

Contacts are not a luxury. Especially when you have sensory problems, and your glasses are heavy, and you have an active career.

Today, as an adult with a college education, I had a panic attack and cried in an eye exam office– and also didn’t get what I went for.

Things aren’t right. My grocery bill is bigger than my mortgage, which is over a grand all by itself.

Look at the percentages of living costs during the great depression, and then look at them now.

If you’re over 45, you have a better chance of being okay, but us below that– we are fucked.

Fuck billionaires and fuck their friends.

And if you think us millennials aren’t working harder for much less benefit than the 2 generations before us, maybe fuck you too then.

Maybe.

“I’m working on it.”

“I’m not okay.”

Be careful waiting for clarity

Most clarity is seen after the waiting

Hindsight is often clarity’s conveyance

If I step off the platform to be swept away

What of me will be left behind

A sweet smelling notion of what could have been

(But never was)

(And never will be)

Because existence without bullshit can’t be an independent existence

Humans prove it again and again

And again

(And again)

So there is, really, never any good done by giving in

Only by continuing to try to contribute enough good to outweigh your own bullshit

Will you leave something worthy behind

I’m reading a book called

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.

And as any good book does, it has my mind reshaping ideas, sharpening understanding, and paralleling situations in my own reality.

I’ve always understood that it was fear that led evil. I never thought too hard about why, though.

You have to have the bravery to keep right and wrong straight. Even when what’s right, could mean your end. As soon as you sway to shelter yourself, you’ve lost sight, and cowardice slips in the cracks of your mind, then your heart, then your soul.

You’ll find yourself choosing evil, because that it what has kept your lineage safe. Either aiding the evil by silence, or by joining, it’s all the same.

And as all the federal employees of  the USA who voted alongside nazis have started to see, you aren’t safe either way. Safety is an illusion.

So choose wisely.

Also, you should read this book. It’s pretty good. But be sure to unclench your jaw between chapters.