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@First_Warrior said:
Given my experience with war I tend to avoid it.

I don’t think anyone who has experienced war, whether in the field or not, could do justice, on a personal level, explain what the five senses and the MEPs (mental, emotional, physical) engage in, process and endure, in the moment, daily and after to adequately convey these to a non veteran.

Thank you, Rodger.

Sitting under a tree with a good cigar is all we can do.

"Watching The Wheels"

People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing
Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game

People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
When I tell that I'm doing Fine watching shadows on the wall
Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball?

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

People asking questions lost in confusion
Well I tell them there's no problem
Only solutions
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry...
I'm just sitting here doing time

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

Lennon

this part struck me:

The destiny of the spiritual World, and, — since this is the substantial World, while the physical remains subordinate to it, or, in the language of speculation, has no truth as against the spiritual, — the final cause of the World at large, we allege to be the consciousness of its own freedom on the part of Spirit, and ipso facto, the reality of that freedom. But that this term “Freedom,” without further qualification, is an indefinite, and incalculable ambiguous term; and that while that which it represents is the ne plus ultra of attainment, it is liable to an infinity of misunderstandings, confusions and errors, and to become the occasion for all imaginable excesses, — has never been more clearly known and felt than in modern times.

Well I have been reading the signs lately. The Wooly Worms I have seen predict a cold start to winter, a moderate middle and a cold spring. I've seen 8 or 9 with the same markings, black head and tail with a brown middle.

A little tidbit…

why do humans choose competition over comity when mutual benefit is desirable and longer lasting? Life is not an all or nothing game.Live and let live.