I am not going to lie. I am not tough. I always thought I was…until my inbox was flooded with news stories. Until every time I turned on the TV. Until every conversation contained the word cov!d. E-mails came from investment gurus predicting the next big bad thing and they all had different opinions. Gloom and doom from all fronts. The right assailed with words of fear. The left assailed with words of fear. Driving was bad. Using energy was bad. Breathing was life threatening and famines were just around the corner. Uncle Klaus wants to make us all into cyborgs. Herr Gates is loving us to death with promotion of goodwill jabs for all. There is a red wave coming. No, that is a lie. It will be blue. People are dropping dead from jabs. People are just eating too many chips and dropping dead. For every inane scenario there is an equal and just as insane counter scenario. Because Ukraine. Because Biden. Because Trump. Because Russia. Well, no, it is because of us. We listen and give them a platform.
If I would miss a day of opening e-mails, I would have 35 the next day. Unopened and glaring at me with dark menace. And, these were the good guys giving me the scoop. With the best intentions of course. I would read the stories and feel my head start to spin. OMG, it is like The Walking Dead out there. Then, when I actually go “out there”, it is just fine and dandy. A little more expensive, or a lot more expensive, but it is the same. We hear in the news about Eastern Europe and everything supposedly going on, yet, we know people there. The EU is spinning up the energy shortage come winter and we know of Germans who are actually buying property to tear down old barns so they will have firewood. Yes, there is shit going down over there that we don’t know about. If all the information out there constituted a gorilla, we would know he has a little hair on his gorilla pinky finger. That’s all. We know people who have traveled all over Europe this summer and were asked to don a mask once, on a train in Italy. I go to Hobby Lobby and about 8-10% of the people are still wearing masks for some reason. Bless their little hearts. It is their right.
Unsubscribing from everything was like moving to another country. No kidding. It feels pretty good. I still read Jeff on C&C. I still subscribe to those blogs where I get more than just doomish and gloomish. It is so important to have my mental health because it is who I am in the end. I cannot let all these winds of doctrine distract me from who I am and who I need to be. It says in the Bible that there will be wars and rumors of wars and many will come in Jesus’s name, but we cannot listen for they are not of the Messiah. Many are coming at us in the name of everything and I am plugging my ears. My focus is to the true north. I am just going to keep on keeping on and doing what I know to do.
I get it. And I think you're wise and taking care of yourself for the long-run. Good for you. I've been doing a bit of the same and noticing I feel better. The shit-show is gonna happen whether or not we pay attention to all the ins and outs. I know better days are coming. Best.
So "funny, SadieJay! I've had the same experience and have done virtually the same thing!
Some of this stuff I am at a loss as to how I subscribed. I subscribed to this?? I don't think so...And some, it seems, no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to unsubscribe from them. "Your request has been received. Please allow 7-10 days for your request to be processed." WTH???
Interestingly, I had to do it with Dr. Mercola's emails. Good Lord Almighty, every damn thing under the Sun is gonna kill me! I had to unsubscribe because I just could not stand the relentness "updates" on all the habits, pathogens, medicines, (I'm not on any), gadgets, etc., that could harm me.
Like you, I go about my business. I'm committed to putting my shoulder to the wheel as best I can to contribute to the restoring of truth and freedom in this war, but to do that, I need, like you, to focus on true north. Doom, gloom, fire, pestilence, and Chicken Littles will have to seek eyes and ears other than mine. And other than yours, too, yes? :)