Read this first.

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/its-always-about-fear/

Yes, it’s always about fear. I concur with that sentiment. People who are afraid do not make any attempt to be free or self-governing. Instead, they are constantly clamoring for someone, someone, anyone, to come and save them from themselves and their self-imposed misery.

Why? Is it not because they have too much to lose? Too much of what? Possessions, self-esteem, pride, inability to admit failure, etc.?

Funny, we think in terms of a lifetime which is entered into without our permission, consent, and initiative, and is ended (mostly) in the same manner, yet is over in (almost always) less than 100 years, a mere blink in the timeline of human history. In that 100 years (almost always less), we learn to think that all that matters is how much we can gain while here and never once consider how much we might lose in eternity, once we have departed this ‘mortal coil’. Which we are going to do, regardless of how much we believe Elon Musk.

Oh, yes! I don’t dare speak out against injustice because… I don’t dare resist oppression because… I don’t dare live a life of personal sovereignty because… And we give up what is rightfully ours, that is, the freedom to live our own lives according to our own personal beliefs and desires, because…

Because… because…because we are afraid. There is no other reason. We are afraid to lose what we think is ours, either by right or by acquisition. Yet, we fail to realize that nothing in this life is guaranteed to us, except for one thing: we are going to die. No exemptions. No “Get Out of Jail Free” cards. Instead, we buy into the idea that “He who dies with the most toys wins”, which is an an exquisitely fabricated slogan for selfishness, narcissism, and disregard for the future.

What else is there? Why do we hesitate to call out the lies in our own lives? Why do you resist the “temptation” to resist the tide of evil which is increasingly swelling upon our shores? Is this all there is and should I be concerned about what might happen to my grandchildren because I failed to stand up against the evil? Because I refused to stand up for what is right? After all, what does this cost me? Do you realize how much this cost me?

Well, do you???

Tell that to the One Who said this:

“For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.” — Matthew 16:25

Let’s face it. Squarely. In your face. We are afraid. We want to save our own life. We do not have any other answer and that is all we know. We are victims and we live like it.

Or, as Linda Ronstadt so perfectly put it, “Poor, poor pitiful me.”

My advice: Get over it.

Freedom and fear have nothing in common. Where fear reigns, freedom does not exist. Fear is a liar. Live not by lies. Lose the fear.