Reflections

Sometimes one needs to sit back,ignore life and just think. Today was that day for me. I have been on the nets but only enough to look at a couple of sites, check my bank account and read some online comics(about my only form of entertainment that isn't mind building)

I realized that for the 6 years I was with my Ex, I had fallen prey to the Liberal mindset. I remembered sitting on our porch having a discussion with my neighbor about politics and realized why he was so upset with me. At the time I thought that he was being stubborn but NOW I realize that I was the one that was blinded by something. Sadly, I can't even tell you what that something was as I had thought that my Ex and I were always rather conservative. Looking back, I see that she really is a Centrist with liberal leanings (more of a social liberal) She is the one that introduced me to Heinlein and really took most of his work to heart. Granted, Heinlein tends towards liberal socialism too but his core principals are solid Conservative(look at the teachings of the Moral Philosophy teacher in Starship Troopers.) Those are the principles that I understand and follow yet at the time, I hadn't put them all together.

Now I am awake, I can't close my eyes to what is going on in this country no matter how much I wish I could some days. I look back on those days and realize that it was a key factor in my growth. Pain is not a bad thing if you learn from it. Factors there weren't of my choosing but looking back, I am grateful for the turn out. Otherwise, I wouldn't be prepared for what is coming. I would have been one of the golden hoard. And that thought scares me more than financial collapse.

I know many that will be a part of that hoard. I have tried to talk to others but I have been alienating myself in the process. Sad but trivial in the long run. Besides, not having a social life now means I have more time to spend on educating myself further. I do get out but have found that its best to keep my mouth shut for the most part and just be a sponge. I have learned to listen for key taking points to isolate similar thinkers. I find we are few and far between though.

For everything that happens in a persons life, there is a reason for it. It may never be understood completely, but there is a reason.

Like the cliche; If it doesn't kill you, it only makes you stronger.


Guess we will find out if the upcoming 'fun' will make America stronger or kill her.(She will still be here and the names will be the same but she may or may not be the America we know/knew)