What Has Happened To Us?

We’ve lost touch.

How many friends and family members have you not spoken with in months or even years?

How many relationships have you lost because of your opinion...or theirs?

What's happened to us?

Between the noise online and the fear mongering in general what is actually going on??

Do you feel like you know???

Did we just let our emotions get the best of us?

Are we safe?

Will we have enough money?

I have experienced the impact of 9 presidents since I became a sentient young adult and I have never felt as much anxiety and doubt about the future of our country as I do now

I do not consider any of the people in power in our federal government right now leaders in any way shape or form

I feel like I can't trust the majority of people in office or in the media

It's clear to me that my friends who lean left are watching a narrative that is 100% the opposite of the narrative that I am watching

How can that be?

What can we do?

I remember exactly where I was when covid invaded my life and changed it forever. It was March of 2020. I was driving around with my girlfriend Shayla and got an idea that having a steak dinner might be awesome. We were close to a high end meat market in town that I hadn't been to in years. She was game so we drove there.

We pulled in and got out. As we approached the front door I noticed a guy outside the door with a black mask on. As we got to him he said "you can't come in here without a mask on". I asked him, "have you got any masks?". He said "yeah they're $3"

I was overcome with anger. I did not express it toward him

I turned to Shayla and said "let's get out of here". She was with me so we started back to the car. As we approached the car I remember saying "That f'ing pisses me off". She said "yeah it pisses me off too".

I tell this story because I think it's at the root of everything that has gone wrong in the last few years.

Someone or some group of someone's created a panic using confusion, assumptions and fear to exert control over us and got many of us to do things we normally would not do.

Then we started doing things that scared people do

We lashed out. We wore masks that protected us from nothing. We started isolating from people. We let them close schools and send our kids home. We let them kill our grandparents. We let them close our businesses and then we let angry people burn them down. Then we didn't arrest the looters. We let them go and do more looting

We wore masks when we were alone outside or driving in our car by ourselves.

They created a "vaccine" in a completely irresponsible fashion and then they tried to make people take it. We told people that if you didn't take it that you were a threat and a bad person. They just approved another booster...

Then they took the fear and uncertainty and poured gasoline on it.

We began a movement to scare people into thinking things and doing things in support of the ideology that we are too stupid to take care of ourselves. An ideology that preaches a complete lack of personal responsibility. An ideology that pushes an agenda of government intervention and control.

Then this ideology started to trickle down into our institutions and local and state governments

The police are evil, open borders are compassionate and fossil fuels will destroy the planet. Parents should not have a say in their children's education nor sexual orientation.

The color of your skin dictates your rights, privileges and lot in life. Your gender and sexual orientation matter and should dictate how you're treated

It's nonsense. It's dangerous

It needs to stop

This is not a political stance. This is a practical stance

You either believe you can take care of yourself or you believe the government should.

You either believe people belong in groups and have special interests or you believe we are all human beings and should deserve the same rights and treatment.

Another fascinating reality for me is that the world I see through the TV and internet is not the same world that I live in

I live in Florida (thank God). I hope it's the same for you. People are nice to me. I am nice to them. People say hi and open the door for me. I say hi and open the door for them. When I wear my "Keep America Great" t-shirt, I either get no comment or I get complimented. No one yells at me or shoots at me or calls me a white supremacist or a nazi.

I get the feeling they are making all this shit up. Don't you?

I'm not an economist but I do know that confidence, fear and anxiety drive markets

We're getting played

We need to understand who is coming into the country, from where, what they are bringing with them (good and bad) and we need some order around this process. You wouldn't leave your back door open right now would you?

We can create our own energy. Why would we choose not to? We should pursue "clean" energy initiatives but only with attention paid to math, science, technology and common sense.

We need law and order and the vast majority of cops are good. People who break the law need to be arrested, prosecuted and sentenced...all of them

Criminals don't abide by laws.

We should not listen to people and elect people that say one thing and do another. If you travel by private jet, private yacht, have an armed protection detail and a wall around your house, stop telling me I can't too.

If someone is saying mean things about another simply to curry favor, they are not to be trusted

I want to vote for the person most likely to pursue an agenda that I believe in. I'm only concerned about policy. I could care less about gender, personality, color, race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation

If you're 35 years old and American, you get my consideration

If you are a victim, I have no time for you. What do you want to do, compare struggles? You win. You're life has been harder than mine. What does that get you?

The government and media are in the control and power business. It's not a conspiracy, it's reality

Let's stop being offended at everything and start bringing some fortitude into our lives

If you're scared, it's on purpose

If you want to stop being scared let's put people in office that respect us too much to try and manipulate us with fear.

Stop seeking perfection from everyone and strike the best balance you can muster and speak up.

Whatever you do, don't let them distract you from the truth by playing with your emotions. They're very good at it and they're coming for you

I am far better at helping other people with their challenges than I am with helping myself, but I do love serving others.

If you want to know more about what that looks like, reach out.