MESSAGE FROM A

                    MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES

    ALTHOUGH THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A POSITIVE IDEA, IT IS ACTUALLY AN ANCIENT CHINESSE CURSE. AND DO WE LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES! WITH OVER 150 ARMED CONFLICTS AROUND THE GLOBE, MASSIVE FIRES, FLOODS, AND OTHER EXTREME WEATHER, VOLCANOES, EARTHQUAKES, MYSTERY DRONES, AI, AND THREATS OF NUCLEAR WAR TO MENTION A FEW. IF YOU GO ON TO YOU TUBE, THERE ARE MANY DIRE PREDICTIONS OF THE END OF THE WORLD.

ALL LIVING ENTITIES FROM THE AMOEBA TO COMPLEX CREATURES LIKE HUMANS SHARE ONE COMMON TRAIT. WE ARE ALL HARDWIRED FOR SURVIVAL. LIKE MOST ANIMALS, HUMANS WILL ALSO TRY TO PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES, PACKS, TRIBES, OR CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE. THIS IS BASIC ANIMAL BEHAVIOR. TRY TO HURT A BEAR CUB WHEN ITS MOMMA IS AROUND, AND YOU WILL FIND OUT WHAT I MEAN. HUMANS HOWEVER HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE ACCESS TO THE TEACHINGS OF MANY HOLY AND ENLIGHTENED INDIVIGUALS, FROM JESUS, BUDDHA, MUHAMMAD, CONFUCIUS, GHANDI, LAZOI, MARTIN LUTHER KING, AND GURDJIEFF TO MENTION A FEW.  THEY TAUGHT THAT WE CAN BE MORE THAN HUMAN ANIMALS, THOSE THAT CHOOSE ME AND MINE FIRST, AND EVERYONE ELSE SECOND. THEY INSPIRE US TO BE HUMAN BEINGS INSTEAD, SEEING EVERYONE AS OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, EVEN THOSE WE DON'T LIKE OR AGREE WITH. IF WE DON'T HAVE LOVE IN OUR HEARTS, THEN WE OUR JUST EXISTING, NOT REALLY LIVING. EVERYONE WAS BORN BEAUTIFUL, BUT LIVING IN OUR VARIOUS CULTURES, WE ARE TRAINED TO BE PART OF A COG IN A MACHINE THAT SCORNS OUR JOYFUL EXISTANCE. THE TIME MAY BE COMING SOON FOR EACH OF US TO CHOOSE BEING A HUMAN ANIMAL OR A HUMAN BEING. I HOPE THAT LOVE GUIDES YOUR WAY.