Smile and show them photos from WW1, WW2, emphasize the devastation of Europe, Japan, Russia, etc. Tell them to make an effort to prevent a WW3 and a repeat of those past horrors. Then get them a glass of milk, a couple of cookies and together go through the family album. With each turn of a page tell them of the horrors endured by their great, or perhaps great, great grandparents. Life is what you make it.
I had a conversation with my daughter about some of the things my grandfather told me during the Great Depression. He wasn't some farmboy rather he lived in NYC across from Central Park. He said he hustled for every cent he could earn and then went into WWII, where he assured me he was never in any danger because he IQ tested into some office in Paris somewhere as military intelligence. My daughter is worried about the draft coming as are many of her friends. I pray that WWIII does not come to pass....
Thank you for your story, I agree, Grandfathers are pretty special. My father was born in 1917 in the Red Hook district of NY. Mother, father and 7 children in two rooms, 3 siblings died, Mom and one of the children died during the influenza epidemic.
Dad told the story of how they wrapped his Mom in blankets and took her by boat to the hospital where she died. The child that died at the time, died in her cradle, she had the same name as her mother. His father worked on the docks for a major shipping line. Because he traveled so much, Dad and his siblings with Mom gone were distributed to family members.
At 16 he left NY and bummed across America on freight cars looking for work. Shortly after WW2 broke out in Europe, he and one of my uncles went to Canada to enlist in the Canadian Air Force, arriving the day it was closed to US citizens as the US was about to enter the war.
He was a bright apple, ended up in Army intelligence, his companion uncle became an attaché at the US embassy in London. He used to tell stories of how he wearing white gloves and tails would be diving into subway stations during the bombings. My other uncle was not so fortunate, he ended up in the Pacific handling a flame thrower. His job was to burn out Japanese troops from caves, he was never the same. My father cared for him for most of the remainder of his life.
IMO, she should be worried about the draft, I would suggest she investigate what positions are considered essential services in the US, ones that are passed over in drafts as their skills are needed at home. She can always change careers later, but it would give her peace of mind to feel she was in a safe niche.
My daughter just turned 19 this summer and left for college which is only about two hours away from us, she will be home this weekend❣️. What I have been telling her is question authority, question authority, question authority and if you see something wrong be brave and speak out. This is not popular with this generation, they are hooked up to social media and terrified of being ostracized and to have someone make a video of them go viral and then to receive death threats ( she told me that! 🤬😢).
Unfortunately I know if she is told to get a shot for something she will, she is still mad at me for not letting her get the Covid shots. I have had to let go because this can drive me crazy and make me depressed. I have done my best. Her dad believes the nonsense and she is more like him, more go along/get along than I have ever been, and there is nothing wrong with that most of the time.
I guess if the kid sees through the BS I would advise becoming as independent as possible, to grow food, can and ferment, to learn how to take care of basic ailments with herbs and good nutrition and then just tune the garbage out, relax, fall in love, play music and just enjoy life. Don’t feed the beast, don’t buy on Amazon, buy local or make stuff and realize that all those choices matter and we have the power to change things for the better. Our power is in loving ourselves and each other.
Great thoughts and memes Amy. Happy birthday to your daughter. I do think it will be better than ever soon, though, because I believe the cabal's supposed empire is a house of cards built on lies and half truths and the minute a certain percentage of us stop believing the bs and choose to create new systems without the cabal, the whole thing will come down. They won't be able to create their version of the future. What I'd say to your daughter is CHOOSE where you put your emotional energy and if you want something different, think out of the box and build that new thing with your own circle, in your own community. New education system from a new paradigm for kids, perhaps, since she's studying that? Acknowledging all the pain is definitely important. It's not about ignoring that at all. It's the opposite, acknowledging it is central to healing. I can't even imagine what going through high school these past four years has been like for kids. A friend almost lost her daughter because of that trauma. I'm not diminishing that by any stretch. But do your best to not get stuck in those shallows. We humans are infinitely creative. The cabal is trying to detach us from that ever-flowing human ingenuity. They need us to believe *them* and believe their doom. Don't. They don't want us thinking for ourselves. They don't want us well. Then where would they be? Do the opposite. Their doom world is not inevitable for you, even if others buy in to it. Imagine the opposite for yourself. They want us to be feeling powerless and angry. Yes, stand up for yourself when need be. But be FOR something that is positive and you're far more likely to find the resources and energy you need. (my Substack is about all this, if that's helpful.)
good things for an 18 year old to know how to do (and not to do)
start a fire without matches
fire a gun accurately
ferment vegetables
catch a fish and filet it
work a still or make wine
have a working knowledge of how long various canned and bottled goods last beyond their expiration dates (some stuff lasts years if kept out of heat and sunlight)
learn how to stitch and do basic repairs on garments. bonus points for ability to knit or crochet
hotwire a car
grow potatoes and onions
have the presence of mind to never, ever engage in intimacy with someone who took the covid shot or any of the upcoming mrna injections
The memes are out of the park today. The hanging towel to dry our hands was a guffaw. As was the mental health experts...particularly the one with Scentsy. My God. How many people have I politely endured selling me "something" which would rejuvenate, edify, and enlighten me within mere minutes?
Boomers' days better? I remember friends leaving the U.S. to live in Canada because they were drafted. During those days, the war was kinetic, and the draftee could definitely get killed. Which is why we marched by the hundreds of thousands against the war. As well as sickened by young naked Asian girls running screaming down roads with napalm burning their skin. We didn't like that stuff and very forcibly told our representatives so.
It got us nowhere. A decade or two of relative "peace" to pacify the Boomers.
Boomers didn't have instant anything. Nowadays, if someone isn't aware of what's truly happening and why in the world, they're either lazy or a coward. In Boomers' days, you had to stumble upon a group, lecture, or seminar where someone wised you up. Otherwise, no one told you anything because they didn't know anything. You thought everything was hunky dory...but it wasn't.
Then, at some point, you woke up...if you were lucky...after the internet began spreading information like wildfire. Something triggered you to begin research on the web about one item which led to every rabbit hole ever formed.
Since that time? It's a shit game. Most older people, including some millennials, aren't awake. They live in Beaver's Make Room for Daddy world. They take the shots and can't understand why their best friend passed away so rapidly from cancer.
The younger generations simply appear overwhelmed by far too much information. Their emotional and psychic selves aren't even close to dealing with this onslaught of "reality." The world is spinning faster, but their energetic selves are already equipped to deal with that greater spinning. They're equipped in more ways than they realize. They tend to fall into dystopian visions, but I tend to think they bring memories with them from those times before their birth which were dystopian...which is why they're here now. They get a "re-do." Will they pass this time?
Cliff Notes: if you took the shot, you failed this time. You'll get another chance in a future life.
I guess a lot depends on were you're at as well as how well one's prepared to deal with whatever. My savage teenage granddaughter turned 18 this year and she and we expect a bright, enjoyable future for her, but admittedly we're sitting up here on top of the world.
When I was 18 I received an all expense paid trip to South East Asia which entitled me to all the free Agent Orange whether I wanted it or not. You know, I think that I had better then than kids do today. I survived, they may not.
Amy you and Ka fly to Mexico, catch a bus to the border and then cross the Rio Grande and receive all they perks of the NGO's for free plus a $5,000.00 preloaded debt card. One guy has 6 already. No, that is not a joke, it's true.
It would depend on his or her state of mind and on his connections. For example, if he had a good father or a good mother I would advise to listen to them.
But as a general rule I would tell young people to serve non-human animals. The reason is that most humans hate each other really bad, but humans almost invariably respect and love cats, dogs, squirrels, chickens, horses, raccoons, cows, giraffes, sparrows, parrots, butterflies and even bats and dolphins.
People are so traumatized now that the best possibility to make a real contact with another human is by demonstrating love for whatever it is they love. With time and patience even a friendship may be created.
And then, dear youngster, when you have established rapport and gained their confidence, be sure to learn the passwords and codes of everything and betray them, take all the shiny things and flee to Mexico to live the good life.
(Dear Amy, I hope you laughed at this unexpected dark comedy turn at the end. The upper half of the advice is serious, although not really applicable to all young people, only for the most caring. cheers!)
Good stuff Amy, thanks for posting. The most important thing to know at any age, in my humble opinion, is that you cannot vote your way out of a coup d'etat. Once the mind gets a grip on this crucial key, the only things you have left are Nullification and Secession. Best of luck to you and yours ~~ j ~~
Its the worst time to turn any age on the internet.
There I said it.
at least Grandpa could get pissed run down the street screaming on a scooter get into a few fights
and not have to worry about getting cancelled or turned into a meme in the morning.
Its the NETCentury of having, where the career option is to be a house cat while the illuminati run wild with screen hallucinations for the populace.... not better or worse just a new novelty to traverse.
Gen Z should start a meme based on the older generations having it better than them. Something like “Back in Your Day” lol.
LOL! That's something to ponder...
Back in the good ole days we heard 10,000 times.
Back in your day, your love life was far more interesting than your videogames.
Smile and show them photos from WW1, WW2, emphasize the devastation of Europe, Japan, Russia, etc. Tell them to make an effort to prevent a WW3 and a repeat of those past horrors. Then get them a glass of milk, a couple of cookies and together go through the family album. With each turn of a page tell them of the horrors endured by their great, or perhaps great, great grandparents. Life is what you make it.
I had a conversation with my daughter about some of the things my grandfather told me during the Great Depression. He wasn't some farmboy rather he lived in NYC across from Central Park. He said he hustled for every cent he could earn and then went into WWII, where he assured me he was never in any danger because he IQ tested into some office in Paris somewhere as military intelligence. My daughter is worried about the draft coming as are many of her friends. I pray that WWIII does not come to pass....
Thank you for your story, I agree, Grandfathers are pretty special. My father was born in 1917 in the Red Hook district of NY. Mother, father and 7 children in two rooms, 3 siblings died, Mom and one of the children died during the influenza epidemic.
Dad told the story of how they wrapped his Mom in blankets and took her by boat to the hospital where she died. The child that died at the time, died in her cradle, she had the same name as her mother. His father worked on the docks for a major shipping line. Because he traveled so much, Dad and his siblings with Mom gone were distributed to family members.
At 16 he left NY and bummed across America on freight cars looking for work. Shortly after WW2 broke out in Europe, he and one of my uncles went to Canada to enlist in the Canadian Air Force, arriving the day it was closed to US citizens as the US was about to enter the war.
He was a bright apple, ended up in Army intelligence, his companion uncle became an attaché at the US embassy in London. He used to tell stories of how he wearing white gloves and tails would be diving into subway stations during the bombings. My other uncle was not so fortunate, he ended up in the Pacific handling a flame thrower. His job was to burn out Japanese troops from caves, he was never the same. My father cared for him for most of the remainder of his life.
IMO, she should be worried about the draft, I would suggest she investigate what positions are considered essential services in the US, ones that are passed over in drafts as their skills are needed at home. She can always change careers later, but it would give her peace of mind to feel she was in a safe niche.
Thank you again!
Alright you guys, you forced my hand. “You should have seen it in Color”
https://youtu.be/EYGwxf1gCC4?si=DzwfINSuq2lroo5D
thank you for this.
I was talking with some young people that referred to the 90’s as the “late 1900’s.”
I thought that was funny!
I look back on the 90’s as pretty carefree… of course, everything was better before I realized my government wanted me dead!
My daughter just turned 19 this summer and left for college which is only about two hours away from us, she will be home this weekend❣️. What I have been telling her is question authority, question authority, question authority and if you see something wrong be brave and speak out. This is not popular with this generation, they are hooked up to social media and terrified of being ostracized and to have someone make a video of them go viral and then to receive death threats ( she told me that! 🤬😢).
Unfortunately I know if she is told to get a shot for something she will, she is still mad at me for not letting her get the Covid shots. I have had to let go because this can drive me crazy and make me depressed. I have done my best. Her dad believes the nonsense and she is more like him, more go along/get along than I have ever been, and there is nothing wrong with that most of the time.
I guess if the kid sees through the BS I would advise becoming as independent as possible, to grow food, can and ferment, to learn how to take care of basic ailments with herbs and good nutrition and then just tune the garbage out, relax, fall in love, play music and just enjoy life. Don’t feed the beast, don’t buy on Amazon, buy local or make stuff and realize that all those choices matter and we have the power to change things for the better. Our power is in loving ourselves and each other.
Great thoughts and memes Amy. Happy birthday to your daughter. I do think it will be better than ever soon, though, because I believe the cabal's supposed empire is a house of cards built on lies and half truths and the minute a certain percentage of us stop believing the bs and choose to create new systems without the cabal, the whole thing will come down. They won't be able to create their version of the future. What I'd say to your daughter is CHOOSE where you put your emotional energy and if you want something different, think out of the box and build that new thing with your own circle, in your own community. New education system from a new paradigm for kids, perhaps, since she's studying that? Acknowledging all the pain is definitely important. It's not about ignoring that at all. It's the opposite, acknowledging it is central to healing. I can't even imagine what going through high school these past four years has been like for kids. A friend almost lost her daughter because of that trauma. I'm not diminishing that by any stretch. But do your best to not get stuck in those shallows. We humans are infinitely creative. The cabal is trying to detach us from that ever-flowing human ingenuity. They need us to believe *them* and believe their doom. Don't. They don't want us thinking for ourselves. They don't want us well. Then where would they be? Do the opposite. Their doom world is not inevitable for you, even if others buy in to it. Imagine the opposite for yourself. They want us to be feeling powerless and angry. Yes, stand up for yourself when need be. But be FOR something that is positive and you're far more likely to find the resources and energy you need. (my Substack is about all this, if that's helpful.)
https://open.substack.com/pub/suzanneokeeffe/p/getting-to-courage?r=r7y2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Informative
good things for an 18 year old to know how to do (and not to do)
start a fire without matches
fire a gun accurately
ferment vegetables
catch a fish and filet it
work a still or make wine
have a working knowledge of how long various canned and bottled goods last beyond their expiration dates (some stuff lasts years if kept out of heat and sunlight)
learn how to stitch and do basic repairs on garments. bonus points for ability to knit or crochet
hotwire a car
grow potatoes and onions
have the presence of mind to never, ever engage in intimacy with someone who took the covid shot or any of the upcoming mrna injections
The memes are out of the park today. The hanging towel to dry our hands was a guffaw. As was the mental health experts...particularly the one with Scentsy. My God. How many people have I politely endured selling me "something" which would rejuvenate, edify, and enlighten me within mere minutes?
Boomers' days better? I remember friends leaving the U.S. to live in Canada because they were drafted. During those days, the war was kinetic, and the draftee could definitely get killed. Which is why we marched by the hundreds of thousands against the war. As well as sickened by young naked Asian girls running screaming down roads with napalm burning their skin. We didn't like that stuff and very forcibly told our representatives so.
It got us nowhere. A decade or two of relative "peace" to pacify the Boomers.
Boomers didn't have instant anything. Nowadays, if someone isn't aware of what's truly happening and why in the world, they're either lazy or a coward. In Boomers' days, you had to stumble upon a group, lecture, or seminar where someone wised you up. Otherwise, no one told you anything because they didn't know anything. You thought everything was hunky dory...but it wasn't.
Then, at some point, you woke up...if you were lucky...after the internet began spreading information like wildfire. Something triggered you to begin research on the web about one item which led to every rabbit hole ever formed.
Since that time? It's a shit game. Most older people, including some millennials, aren't awake. They live in Beaver's Make Room for Daddy world. They take the shots and can't understand why their best friend passed away so rapidly from cancer.
The younger generations simply appear overwhelmed by far too much information. Their emotional and psychic selves aren't even close to dealing with this onslaught of "reality." The world is spinning faster, but their energetic selves are already equipped to deal with that greater spinning. They're equipped in more ways than they realize. They tend to fall into dystopian visions, but I tend to think they bring memories with them from those times before their birth which were dystopian...which is why they're here now. They get a "re-do." Will they pass this time?
Cliff Notes: if you took the shot, you failed this time. You'll get another chance in a future life.
You summed it up in such a nice package. WELL DONE!
& Dito from a 70's child.
Bad or good time to turn 18?
I guess a lot depends on were you're at as well as how well one's prepared to deal with whatever. My savage teenage granddaughter turned 18 this year and she and we expect a bright, enjoyable future for her, but admittedly we're sitting up here on top of the world.
Adjusting sails tough being a kid these days!!! We were extremely blessed to be video game cell phone computer free!!! Boomers lucky 🍀
When I was 18 I received an all expense paid trip to South East Asia which entitled me to all the free Agent Orange whether I wanted it or not. You know, I think that I had better then than kids do today. I survived, they may not.
Amy you and Ka fly to Mexico, catch a bus to the border and then cross the Rio Grande and receive all they perks of the NGO's for free plus a $5,000.00 preloaded debt card. One guy has 6 already. No, that is not a joke, it's true.
CC
My advice for an 18 year old?
It would depend on his or her state of mind and on his connections. For example, if he had a good father or a good mother I would advise to listen to them.
But as a general rule I would tell young people to serve non-human animals. The reason is that most humans hate each other really bad, but humans almost invariably respect and love cats, dogs, squirrels, chickens, horses, raccoons, cows, giraffes, sparrows, parrots, butterflies and even bats and dolphins.
People are so traumatized now that the best possibility to make a real contact with another human is by demonstrating love for whatever it is they love. With time and patience even a friendship may be created.
And then, dear youngster, when you have established rapport and gained their confidence, be sure to learn the passwords and codes of everything and betray them, take all the shiny things and flee to Mexico to live the good life.
(Dear Amy, I hope you laughed at this unexpected dark comedy turn at the end. The upper half of the advice is serious, although not really applicable to all young people, only for the most caring. cheers!)
Good stuff Amy, thanks for posting. The most important thing to know at any age, in my humble opinion, is that you cannot vote your way out of a coup d'etat. Once the mind gets a grip on this crucial key, the only things you have left are Nullification and Secession. Best of luck to you and yours ~~ j ~~
https://open.substack.com/pub/doc115/p/when-your-back-is-to-the-wall?r=18tk5o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=21947364
Its the worst time to turn any age on the internet.
There I said it.
at least Grandpa could get pissed run down the street screaming on a scooter get into a few fights
and not have to worry about getting cancelled or turned into a meme in the morning.
Its the NETCentury of having, where the career option is to be a house cat while the illuminati run wild with screen hallucinations for the populace.... not better or worse just a new novelty to traverse.
Be grateful! That’s what I would say to an any year old everyday!
🌼happy birthday Jasmine 🌼