I complied with everything for years... until my late thirties, when I finally saw that going along with what I was being told to do had left me sick, unemployed, unable to stand for more than a minute at a time, in constant pain, with an autoimmune disease for life and nearly dead. I'm thankful now that I ended up that bad off, because …
I complied with everything for years... until my late thirties, when I finally saw that going along with what I was being told to do had left me sick, unemployed, unable to stand for more than a minute at a time, in constant pain, with an autoimmune disease for life and nearly dead. I'm thankful now that I ended up that bad off, because it caused me to FINALLY do some digging. The process of figuring out what had made me so sick also led me to the truth about pharma, healthcare and our government. It was hard to accept, considering I'd been raised by a physician in a mostly medical family. (Nobody questioned anything, and my step-dad was trained prior to Pearl Harbor, so it was just a different time and not as lucrative an industry.) It still sickens me, what I learned, but thankfully I'd learned just in time, by late 2019... NOT to comply. I am now rebellious... for the first time in my life! :)
I guess, for some of us, compliance was beaten INTO us at a very early age. Then school reinforces and rewards it. Seeing the things that shaped me, I decided to raised my own kids differently. I told them to question everything (INCLUDING me), to respectfully resist when it suited them and to push back against any decree, rule or mandate they don't understand or agree with. Yes, that has meant they have pushed back against ME during the whole covid period, but that's OK. I tell them their doubts about what I'm saying do not threaten me.
Anyone who doesn't let us question... should be raising some huge red flags.
Yeah, well, you hit on a place where I was compliant. When you're not well, and someone in a uniform that has been the uniform of People who are to be trusted with your life and they want to help you and They know what they are talking about. I was three times as strong as you. I didn't buckle and wind up on the floor for about three minutes. I had been exposed to pesticides, to the point of coming within an hour of a full blood transfusion. I bought a trailer house. It was so full of chemicals I couldn't stay in it during the daytime. No air conditioning, and the carpet, panelling, everything was out gassing.. I wound up unable to take care of myself and the Shrink decided I was manic depressive, because I Had Been hyperactive, now I'm just a week old helium balloon, languishing on the floor. antidepressants contribute to depression, ohh,I forgot about the heavy metals.. Yeah, it's been a crazy life if we toss in medical.
As you said, bad as it was, you Gained something from that journey. It says
Run YOUR race. When you have done that, and you have your Medal hanging around your neck, the pain of the events that got you there isn't remembered as pain. All that crap was part of the journey that got you to the finish line. And the reward never rusts, never tarnishes, can't be stolen,,
I have long believed we each Get a path ,unique to us. It's our job to pay attention to the landscape and work to figure out what the lesson is.
Yup... conforming is really what most of school is about. If you conform in the culture you are rewarded. If you don't conform you are punished. We have been pushing conformity in a big way for a long time. Play the game and you get the jobs and houses and the toys. Conformity is part of being successfully. I have never been a conformist and really never been very suck-cessful. But I am alive and well and unvacciated.
I complied with everything for years... until my late thirties, when I finally saw that going along with what I was being told to do had left me sick, unemployed, unable to stand for more than a minute at a time, in constant pain, with an autoimmune disease for life and nearly dead. I'm thankful now that I ended up that bad off, because it caused me to FINALLY do some digging. The process of figuring out what had made me so sick also led me to the truth about pharma, healthcare and our government. It was hard to accept, considering I'd been raised by a physician in a mostly medical family. (Nobody questioned anything, and my step-dad was trained prior to Pearl Harbor, so it was just a different time and not as lucrative an industry.) It still sickens me, what I learned, but thankfully I'd learned just in time, by late 2019... NOT to comply. I am now rebellious... for the first time in my life! :)
I guess, for some of us, compliance was beaten INTO us at a very early age. Then school reinforces and rewards it. Seeing the things that shaped me, I decided to raised my own kids differently. I told them to question everything (INCLUDING me), to respectfully resist when it suited them and to push back against any decree, rule or mandate they don't understand or agree with. Yes, that has meant they have pushed back against ME during the whole covid period, but that's OK. I tell them their doubts about what I'm saying do not threaten me.
Anyone who doesn't let us question... should be raising some huge red flags.
Yeah, well, you hit on a place where I was compliant. When you're not well, and someone in a uniform that has been the uniform of People who are to be trusted with your life and they want to help you and They know what they are talking about. I was three times as strong as you. I didn't buckle and wind up on the floor for about three minutes. I had been exposed to pesticides, to the point of coming within an hour of a full blood transfusion. I bought a trailer house. It was so full of chemicals I couldn't stay in it during the daytime. No air conditioning, and the carpet, panelling, everything was out gassing.. I wound up unable to take care of myself and the Shrink decided I was manic depressive, because I Had Been hyperactive, now I'm just a week old helium balloon, languishing on the floor. antidepressants contribute to depression, ohh,I forgot about the heavy metals.. Yeah, it's been a crazy life if we toss in medical.
As you said, bad as it was, you Gained something from that journey. It says
Run YOUR race. When you have done that, and you have your Medal hanging around your neck, the pain of the events that got you there isn't remembered as pain. All that crap was part of the journey that got you to the finish line. And the reward never rusts, never tarnishes, can't be stolen,,
I have long believed we each Get a path ,unique to us. It's our job to pay attention to the landscape and work to figure out what the lesson is.
Yup... conforming is really what most of school is about. If you conform in the culture you are rewarded. If you don't conform you are punished. We have been pushing conformity in a big way for a long time. Play the game and you get the jobs and houses and the toys. Conformity is part of being successfully. I have never been a conformist and really never been very suck-cessful. But I am alive and well and unvacciated.
Only the people who disobeyed survived in Lahaina