We have nothing to FEAR but FEAR itself.. words by Franklin Roosevelt

We have nothing to FEAR but FEAR itself..   words by Franklin Roosevelt

The count down is coming…  January 20, 2025 ……  

Two weeks… 2 weeks more for those to be fretting..  to be scared of what will happen once Trump is in again.. And this time a bigger potential of doing harm as he has nothing to fear. Before he tried to be fairly decent..   (I know that is questionable by a lot of people, who endured his last time around) .. after all he was hoping to be elected in 2020, so had to be somewhat decent… in order to win.    This time.  there is no reason to fear, as he KNOWS he won’t be elected again.. ( I know in his mind and some other, they think they can bypass this.. and it is a reality…. as look at the Congress we have, the weakest, no back bone one I have seen in … like forever..)..  So he will wreck havoc .. with all the changes he will make.  So there is a lot of people who are truly in FEAR…. 

But as Franklin Roosevelt said..  WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF.  I hope he was right.  

I use to tell my kids..   to NOT TO BORROW TROUBLE.   .. meaning not to worry about things until they actually happen. It is ok to be ready for it.. to figure out what is the worse that can happen..   and what would you do if…. If it did?  Because if you have a plan on how to face the worse that can happen.. you are ready..  if it doesn’t happen.. no problem.. and you did not waste your time being fearful. 

We have fear of how it will effect us.. our jobs, our state, our lives on a daily bases..  Fear of our country, fear of our Congress..  and fear of what the other countries will try to do. Fear of the Republican party…. Fear of the Democrat party.. Fear of losing our home…  Fear for our family… So much, we humans fear.

Maybe a quote that would help…. Dune’s quote by author …..  Frank Herbert     “Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

 But myself..  I have someone who will walk thru this with me..  Will he be able to keep the nation on an even keel?  Will he be able to have a better Congress elected in 2027?  I do not know.. 

But I do know..  he will walk with me thru it.  Even if he can’t change things..  He will stay by my side, as I endure it..

And for some..  that is not enough…  sadly..   But  me… my God will comfort me.. walk beside me..  some times with his arm around me..  And I and my family will survive..   At least that is how I will handle the fear that comes my way.

 

 

 

Happens every year at this time…

Happens every year at this time…

Every year at the beginning of the year..  I start having thoughts of ending the blog..   and yet after a week or a month.. before March 5^th.. I make the decision to continue.. one time deciding to do it twice a week instead of every day or 5 days a week.. But this time is different.    See .. come March 5^th.. it will be 20 years..  And to be honest with you… 20 years is more than enough.  My reader ship has changed over the years..  In stead of 40 to 60 readers in the beginning..   and with the help of Dave Oliveria ( who got me into this mess..  along with Marianne Love) and his HBO. Column/blog.. sending many of them..   I now have an average of 8 to 11.. and once in a while I will hit up to 20 or even 30.. but those days are really rare.  Some of them coming from my Facebook page.   There has been some who have come and gone… actually I would be totally surprised if there was anyone who actually has been reading this from the beginning.   There are those who went away, but check back a couple times a year..  There are a few new ones who come across my name of the blog on Google.

 

So you see.. it is time to go..  time to still be kind of a winner.. after all if there is still 11 of you out there who actually read this.. maybe not each day I put it up.. but maybe once a week or once a month?  So,   boy I use that little word a lot, SO.. this is going to be the last two months.. After all this is January 6^th.

Hopefully I can still find something of interest for you to read.  I am always grateful for those who do follow me. Don’t want to let you down at the end.   I started it for a soap box.. but also for source of sense of humor about my life.. as I screw it up from time to time..  So hopefully some of it you found funny. So hang in there.

a foot note..  as I published this..  the past couple of weeks came up.. and the average was acually 15!!!  some were 22..  some were 12..  but wow..  No, still time to go.. 20 years is enough..