This really has been a challenging week
A gig I was looking forward to at a great venue just outta town
Cancelled the show
Telling me it wasn’t what they wanted to do but what they were forced to do from the reaction they got from the hit piece that came out in the LA Times
Speaking your mind has a high price as tyranny descends
And not many will thank you for it
Turns out playing music for all might be more challenging than I had thought.
In France and the UK and many places in Europe
The spirit of protest seems high
We see many marches of thousands
And lately every week
Sometimes multiple times
But here in the US there seems to be more of an attitude of compliance. At least for now.
The mainstream media never covers it
But through alternative channels we can see the energy of people resisting
The obviously horrific levels of control
A green pass or a vaccine passport would have on ones life.
They seem to get it
From the mask
Came the shot
From the shot
Comes the passport
From the passport
Comes social credit
And from that comes total government control
Over every aspect of our lives
A proper dystopian nightmare
We are already in
But about to descend more deeply still
And once the passports are implemented
I’m afraid there will be no turning back
What a lesson this has all been
On how easy it is to control humanity
Through fear
There is still hope because
Simultaneously to all this is a great awakening
People catching on that they are being manipulated
But for many
Those of us saying
Hey you are being manipulated for the purpose of losing your freedom
Still sound like wacky conspiracy theorists
And they make examples out of people like me who speak up
And they hit us where it hurts
Gig cancelled
That’s beyond just getting called names online
That’s my ability to provide for you
But I will find a way
I will overcome
We will overcome
I believe without any doubt
I woke up in a positive spirit
I even had a dream where one of my friends who betrayed me in the recent article
Was hanging with me and we were getting along
Enjoying friendship.
I think part of me sees all this for the illusion it is
Not to say that it doesn’t hit me emotionally or knock me off my feet from time to time
Cause it does
But I look at it like a challenge of evolution and faith
And I know mercy is not far behind
And also
This type of event
This type of season shows you who people really are
Who your friends really are
Who will go to bat for you when the world turns its back
And who sells you down the River
For a snake a tin can and a shack
Your mama is a warrior
Her spirit is mighty
Her loyalty and trust is a wonder
And her faith that we will make it through this
Anointed and appointed is something of a miracle to witness
When I’m down she lifts me up
And when she’s down I do the same
There is no quit in either of us
We know the weight of the challenge before us
And you are like a nuclear bomb of love between us
And with love we can overcome
All that said
Had I known then what I know now
I would have done it differently
Been more subtle about my perceptions
Held more back I guess
Had I known how immune to logic the world really was
The disparity of the data
And people’s allegiance to whatever information source they deem correct
Giving said source a faith that was once only appointed to those in the spiritual realm
God or Jesus
Or whoever you may follow
Even against the harsh momentum of conflicting facts
People will hold onto their perceptions like a set lungs holds onto oxygen
Not everyone but most
Hard to know what will turn this around
But something will
Something must
We are becoming increasingly prayerful
And Ive been starting to go on long runs again
My calves are sore this morning from running five miles in the barefoots
But after writing I’m going on a nice long run this morning
In the running shoes to stay off the calves
Maybe I’ll listen to the four agreements
About never taking anything personally
Never making assumptions
Being impeccable with my word
And always doing your best
In these times of spiritual warfare
Simplifying everything
And focusing on what works and is in your control is best
The seasons are shifting quickly
And as I have a choice
I think I will ascend into love and hope and mercy
And powerful self development
Use all this opposition as an opportunity to bless up the power of love and faith in my life
Remember sweetheart
When forces of darkness descend
You always have a choice
The devil will set the stage for your destruction
But he only benefits if it’s by your own hand that you destruct
He will encourage you in that direction
And you will be hit with gut punch after gut punch
But instead of caving into nihilism
Look at the whole affair as a training ground for your spirit to blossom and flourish into the full weight of who you were brought here to become
This world is an illusion
The demons under your
Bed aren’t real
But love is
Faith is
Hope and Christ is
And In those times when it seems like he’s abandoning you
He’s actually rooting for you to find new layers of strength in the storm
He’s watching you grow wings
As into freedom
You are born