Mother Nature, the fickle bitch that she is, has a way of balancing things out.
When there's a drought it eventually rains.
When the Stock Market becomes over valued it corrects itself.
And when someone outlives their usefulness they die..
I was liking this statement up until you had to go and include that last sentence bcuz as I was reading I was on:
"Yes. This Cat will be able to grasp the possibility that America as we know it is dying. Right in front of our eyes bcuz it is time, as retribution for the sins of our "Fathers".
Then...shit.
That last sentence. Completely Derailed.
Obviously there is no way any "Loving God" would desire USA be erased when you interject "Usefulness."
Unless that "Loving God" wanted a switch-up to where Earth gets even more Barbaric and less compassionate, less caring.
Hard to imagine any Loving God wanting that.
So.....nevermind.
About 10 years ago I came to the realization that life is too short to
worry about things I have no control over.
It all seems to work itself out eventually if you just hang in there.
Interesting. Cuz the men who decided to Pimp Out Siddhārtha Gautama ("Buddha") in order to create a Religion so as to gain Money & Power for themselves, Control over other people THEY said that Buddha said that.
To not stress over things that are Beyond your Control.
So thats interesting, that you arrived at that same place. Cuz Siddharta Gautuma was
SHARP. He was among the so very few who managed to gain Clear Vision of what mattered here so if he really said that, which I believe that he did, its interesting that you managed to arrive at that same conclusion.
Its obviously True, whether "Buddha" said it or not.
The only thing I know for SURE that Buddha said was two things:
1. Don't turn me into a "God" or even a Prophet. I am just a person, like you. Just a person trying to Understand.
(But Men did this anyway, turned him into a Prophet, a Lord, Bhodisattva or whatever word they made up, for "lord."
Its what Men do. For Money, Power, Lust. To Gain Control.
And this never ever ever ever has Changed on this place.)
2. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in something just because you are told I said it bcuz I may not have said that and even if I did: still do not believe it just bcuz I said it. But after observation and analysis, when you find things that agree with reason and are conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept those things and live up to them.
Beyond that I don't know if Buddha said anything its said that he said.
Refer back to #2 above to see that it doesn't matter anyways, if he said that, or any particular thing (cuz he said to, instead, Observe & Analyze blah blah blah) so
Nevermind, on all that also.
I just see Danger in "kick back chill, its beyond my control" making a path to Lethargy, lack of action, non-response to that which we should have responded to.
Stood Up Against.
Or in favor of.
Even if we felt that a thing was beyond our control.
Those on the other side obviously do not adhere to the belief that one should just passively sit by and allow stuff thats beyond their control to go wherever it does. No. They get up off their asses get out in the streets and do something about it.
Maybe thats a part of what pisses us off about them.
Yeah, all they are doing is Whining and Crying, Running their Mouths incessantly, making Videos, taking Selfies and getting arrested too infrequently but what they're doing is infinitely more than we are doing to make OUR Voices heard.
If they get better at
VOTING jeez. We could be in trouble cuz if The Liberal Left takes Control, within this country we are wholly fucked.
I do hope that preventing The Liberal Left and even just The Democratic Party from gaining Control of this country is not a thing that you'd consider to be beyond your and our Control.