So, you look around in horrified astonishment at how totally insane it all really is, how the never ending bad news is everywhere you look, how truly hopeless it really is, and know there's nothing at all you can do about any of it, can't save anyone, can't even save yourself. So you remember what they said and how you need to be, and carry on...
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority,
but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
- Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
“That millions of people share the same forms of
mental pathology does not make these people sane.”
- Erich Fromm, "The Sane Society"
“Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing
yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.”
- Jim Butcher, "Changes"
And yet, sometimes, at the end of another long day,
your defenses are just worn out and it feels like you're losing your mind,
and you lose control and it feels like this...
Until tomorrow, when you do it all over again...
And so it is, lol...
Imagine being a child today. Old enough and smart enough to see that the very people who define Right and Wrong, the government, media, medical community, teachers, etc,,all have people who subscribe to the Insanity that Uncle Ralph can get up tomorrow, buy a dress,purse and heels and declare himself Aunt Roberta and everyone else is supposed to Not Just accept it but Celebrate his Bravery! The society that was the backdrop of shows like Leave it to Beaver wasn't INSANE. It's not just America,, but we're Ate Smooth Up with it...
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