Tolkien and how we are living it............

 

SNOW.

beautiful, swirling snow...

It has been a lovely morning filled with snow squalls

coming through the hollow.

I had my *fun* - shovelling and getting the coops ready for the wind

and -20 feel temps that will come through later.

I am hoping that it is this last piece of icy weather to come through this

season,,, but only Mother Nature knows!

my sweet Snow birds....

I did give my snowbirds , who usually feed on my winter garden seeds

some chicken scratch. I do not like feeding wild animals but this 

cold and wind have made it hard for them to

get under the feet of snow.

So, I want to talk about something that can be difficult but it really should not be.

I have no issues with discussions that can be hard, especially between friends.

What we are seeing in the news depicting some awful things... yeah,

well they are. Make no mistake about it. No normal person can see that and

not become enraged and deeply sad.

I have known about this for years now and it still does not get easier.

My healthy advice?

Take time away from it.

I had to. I had to pause the Apps on my phone just so I would not

see it all day. The televised world is as divisive as can be. In a time where

we need to come together, all I could see were pot stirrers, so called *historians* ( if you

are biased, you are not a historian)  & provocateurs trying to get a response out of you.

That is not healthy or emotionally mature.

Get away from it as much as you can.

I have specific times where I check my computer for deliveries, emails

etc... and will check in with trusted  direct sources for my news - mostly local.

Then I get back to the business of my day.

Do I long for the days of naive living and the innocence to just exist without

feeling that I have to check the sources and morals of everything people say & do... yes.

Could I have lived my life without ever knowing of the atrocities that I see on the daily?

Of course.

Do I believe that you can live a decent life trying to create that for your family ?

Yes I do.

But you have to be realistic.

But I had to learn the hard way in life.

I do believe that Tolkien understood this as he was writing the Lord of the Rings.

As a child I loved the books and had a wonderful teacher who explained why

these were so powerful.

Here is a synopsis below :

Basically, it is good vs evil.

And for me at least I am aware that this is what is making our lives

almost unbearable right now.

Same.

It is the steel, stones and tears side that is absolutely focused upon

making sure that my grandchildren are not affected by all the evil out there.

My job is to know better.

My job is to keep them small, protected and allow them the dignity to

grow up still being children, not filled with the creeping in of

a polluted world bent on ruining their innocence .

I see all ways to divide us:

 men vs woman, using race, using inflammatory words...

all to provoke an emotional response.

Calm, cool heads will prevail.

I am not one who follows the script.

 I have enough wisdom to know how to comport myself

and enough to know that I do not know everything that is happening or why.

{ which is why I do not lose my mind to  the insufferable   }

I HAVE FAITH THAT SOMETHING BIGGER THAN I AM IS IN CONTROL.

Also know that much of this information is not for us....

We { the light (sun) bringers} have already known that this was coming.

I talked about it years ago when we were goated by political figures , media and 

*famous* people to band against one another.

To find the cracks, look for differences... hate those who do not think like you do,

ruin their lives, ruin loved ones lives....

I saw it happen in real time and now everyone else is too.

It is not who you think it is....

It is everyone you do not think it is....

 

So my advice is to have a daily plan to realise that all the smoke and mirrors

are just that. Distractions so you can't see their evil ways being exposed.

If you know that, then you will be in good stead to live a life that

can not be thrown off  for long .

These posts below are so on point.

Those who are unaffected by the finger pointers and the *you shoulds*

will go on to be the stabilisers and new foundations for our society.

We all have our lives to live.

We all have difficulties and hardships that need prayer and love.

Please take the time if you need it to pause and tend to you.

Tend to your loved ones.

Read, create beauty, walk in nature, pray.

Today will be stormy, windy and frigid, not fit for man nor beast.

Soon, we know that the warm winds will arrive and bring us

green, growth and beauty.

Much like The Lord Of The Rings....

I know that good will always win out in the end.

XoXo

Raven

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