Expectations make them bleed, as they struggle to hide their blues and bruises on seemingly unbroken skin.
Religion arrives first, offering bandages emblazoned with sacred symbols, wrapping it in layers of divine justification.
Morality follows close behind, labeling the wound as righteous and the pain as virtuous suffering.
Nailed to a cross, the injury festered; resentment grew like pus, fed by imposed ideologies.
The bandages, meant to heal, concealed injustice, turning it into a throbbing abscess of anger and division.
By the time the bandages were removed, the wound had infected everything—too late for any self-appointed God to heal.
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Your observations are always exact and insightful, Reena. This is so impactful. I wish we all followed our instincts and observations, but eventually, a new leader will emerge, and everyone will blindly follow him again.
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Expectations change with each experience. People can say “okay, not ideal… But better than the last one.”
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That’s enough, dear.
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No words, just hugs. And a quote from our local much-missed idealist politician: We all do better when we ALL DO better.
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Thank you so much!
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We are meaning makers, though, going beyond mere instinct. Some find a way.
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We need more of those meaning-makers.
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Excellent Six, Reena!
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Damn!*
*unequivocal praise for a demonstration of the power of words
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Thank you 😀
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Excellent Six. Intense, powerful. Standing ovation, Reena.
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Thank you so much, Denise!
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Well said.
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Thank you!
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Then atheism comes along without a clue what to do.
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No follower has a clue what to do, when leaders change tracks. We are followers of our instincts and observations.
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Bravo! Preach sister preach! You hit this one right on the head!
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Thank you, Violet!
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