Posts by jaderaven7

Lisa Jackson7 said:Exactly... you wrote that post in a burst of emotion, and that’s exactly how it hit me. 👍

A few days ago, I was talking to this guy—super educated, really bright—who ended up homeless after his perfectly fine life just fell apart... it was a heavy situation, a total family tragedy.

He’s living out of a beat-up car on the outskirts of town, near some orchards and vacation homes. He gets help from neighbors, but he’s actually the one helping others—fixing things, mowing lawns, trimming trees. He’s incredibly grateful for every little thing, even just a quick chat.

He told me over and over: hold onto your family, that’s the main thing, everything else is temporary... don't you dare take them for granted.
Get the kids off their phones and away from social media... just be present with them and get outdoors with friends. This guy was literally finding designer clothes and shoes in the trash... man, there are so many people out there who just don't know what they have until it's gone.

Really makes you think...

Thanks!
That was just me venting my frustrations because—even though focusing on the important stuff is theoretically easy—actually staying focused in this world is an uphill battle.
Kids, as always, just want to fit into the mainstream; they struggle to grasp or accept any kind of empty wisdom (I remember being sixteen myself). You have to actively show them what actually matters and what's better.
Sports, a bit of work, discipline, and good times with friends—but that requires parents to step up and make those calls... it's not about working overtime; it's about cutting back the budget so you can actually spend time with your kids and friends.
That’s the recipe for a healthy society and actually enjoying your life.
Like you said—we need to use the knowledge we've already gathered. People have known all of this for ages.

Lisa Jackson7 said:My point wasn't about giving people a "true" characterization—I'm not saying humans are essentially just bats, lions, or wolves, etc.—it was more about the metaphor of the state they find themselves in... and even a lion can end up in chains.

People are, if nothing else, always a little restless with their reality—trying to change things, whether it's themselves, others, or their environment... and honestly, that's a good thing. Once they stop doing that, they lose their essence, their soul if you want to call it that.

Humans are also rational beings who use learning, analysis, intuition, and imitation to make sense of the world around them.
But, if for example, the Bushman living in the Sahara (or even our old folks back in the rural Midwest) understands certain things better than we do—like how community relationships actually function and why they matter—then it’s only natural to ask why that is.

Do you really need to be Einstein to figure out the reason might be that they live in a much simpler, more straightforward world?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not sitting here romanticizing some "old ways" of the past; I'm just saying there's a chance we could take the accumulated knowledge of the "big" world and apply it to the "small" worlds we live in today and tomorrow.
Anyway, check out the article I attached.

And if we think there's more meaning to be found in the activities of the "big" world, we have plenty of examples right now... look at those people in the yellow vests warning leaders that they can't just make decisions for everyone based solely on whoever can lobby the hardest... elections are basically just technical formalities at this point, it's becoming pretty obvious.

Do you really think what they're wearing is just a coincidence or irrelevant?
I highly doubt it, because if it weren't, an Egyptian despot like General Al-Sisi wouldn't have banned the sale of those vests within the country. They've already formed their own kind of community—a community of protest.

I live in the "big world," and reading your post makes me want to list a dozen examples of how senseless human existence has become. We rush through life without any real stimulation because we've been numbed by a constant bombardment of nonsense, losing almost everything that actually makes us human. And then, after spending a fortune on research, we "discover" that socializing is good, that kids need both a mom and a dad, that having grandparents around isn't a bad thing, that helping aging parents is important, or that helping a neighbor in need is just normal behavior...
We celebrate high mobility, workforce adaptability, speed, and efficiency. People sprint from job to job just to secure a future for their kids, and in that race, they forget to spend time with the very people they are running for. In this scramble, anything goes—there are no fouls, only those who are faster and craftier. Because the social component is totally missing, we're raising generations that lack the ability to form real friendships or romantic bonds—they're emotionally handicapped, which leads directly to things like mass school shootings happening "out of nowhere." We're raising generations of ignoramuses because they're getting their "knowledge" and social skills from social media feeds.