Some aren't fortunate enough to have a father & others had fathers that weren't there for them in one way or another. I know I personally feel envious of people who speak of the wisdom passed down by their fathers. I always appreciate hearing about your life experiences / lessons learnt & wonder if you truly understand how valuable it is for many of us to hear. I feel like your probably a bit of a surrogate father for a portion of your listeners. Anyway, Happy New Year everyone!
Thanks, Neil. I know I've been very fortunate in that respect. I think the highest compliment I can pay my parents is that I'd love to have been their friend if I weren't their son. They're good people.
“And ultimately, people need to save themselves. At most, we can encourage them, but we can’t ever do it for them”. This one rings true to me! Another way of putting it is we have our hands full just with not being a disaster ourselves, so save the ‘help’ for others, because it probably isn’t help anyway until we are free of our own confusion.
I am so grateful that one of my most clear memories of my Mum is the time Dad and her were looking after our kids. The pair of them would spend their whole time babysitting our kids by helping us out with housework we struggled to keep on top of, washing, dishes, etc etc.
This particular time I came home with flowers and she just assumed they were for my wife. When I gave them to Mum her face lit up with that beautiful, wrinkled smile, and she blushed red with embarrassment.
Everything about her was represented in that moment. A life full of duty and love, humility and genuine joy at a simple acknowledgement and gift.
When I think of Mum, that moment and that smile always makes an appearance in my mind's eye.
I share your Lifeguard takeaway. I spent a few summers in my late teens and learned to protect myself when attempting to save someone. It's a valuable "life lesson."
You talked about your dad having cocktails after work. I think you said Martinis. Is that what you are looking at? And your bell-bottoms and belt buckle look sweet. Only thing that would make it sweeter is if those are corduroy bell-bottoms.
Great post Chris. I do love your particular flavor of moving through the world and your special brand of wisdom and adult-ness. AND to someone who cherishes critical thinking...consider this. I mean really, really consider this. How does one KNOW they have Covid? What are the symptoms? Think about all the little discrete symptoms. Headache, nausea, etc. What differentiates Covid from a flu or cold? Are we actually checking? Or are we going on some pretty powerful assumptions dispensed by mainstream media over and over and over again. And lastly, the so-called Covid Virus has never been isolated, it's only a computerized guess. And the PCR test was never meant to diagnose anything. Kary Mullis, the inventor of the test said this.
I honestly don't see why this is an issue. I tested negative for the virus many times (every time I flew anywhere, which was often). Felt fine. Started to feel specific symptoms, tested positive, symptoms worsened. Dry cough, fever, aches, etc. Tested positive while symptoms persisted. Symptoms faded away, I tested negative.
It's like it started raining, I got wet, it stopped raining, I got dry, but you're asking, "How do you KNOW the rain is what made you wet?" To me, the more interesting question is, "Why are you so intent on believing something other than the obvious?"
As for Kary Mullis, he's an interesting guy, for sure. I've read his autobiography, and actually spent some time chatting with him once. Very smart, no doubt, but not someone I'd trust to feed my cat for a few days.
Concerning your assertion that the virus has never been isolated, I'm no virologist, but I suspect that's an empty talking point. You might take a look at something like this, to see just how precisely epidemiologists have traced the genetic development of the virus and its offshoots.
My father passed a couple of years ago and until you mentioned it, I didn't realize the memories coming lately have been of my younger dad and what an absolutely insane man he was, in a good and sometimes not so good manner, but mostly good. Thank you for that, it is tough losing parents, no matter how old you are. Merry New Year, hope to connect with you in person this year as I just moved to my new property outside of Mosca which as the crow flies puts me about 35 miles from Crestone.
Thank you for sharing. I lost my grandmother a week ago and though we are not holding funeral for her we had fond memories of her spoken over the Christmas dining table. I’m still so grateful to have had her in my life through my adult years.
I like being #69 in the likes.
Some aren't fortunate enough to have a father & others had fathers that weren't there for them in one way or another. I know I personally feel envious of people who speak of the wisdom passed down by their fathers. I always appreciate hearing about your life experiences / lessons learnt & wonder if you truly understand how valuable it is for many of us to hear. I feel like your probably a bit of a surrogate father for a portion of your listeners. Anyway, Happy New Year everyone!
Thanks, Neil. I know I've been very fortunate in that respect. I think the highest compliment I can pay my parents is that I'd love to have been their friend if I weren't their son. They're good people.
Love you, Chris, and thank you for all you do!
“And ultimately, people need to save themselves. At most, we can encourage them, but we can’t ever do it for them”. This one rings true to me! Another way of putting it is we have our hands full just with not being a disaster ourselves, so save the ‘help’ for others, because it probably isn’t help anyway until we are free of our own confusion.
Great read Chris, happy new year.
I am so grateful that one of my most clear memories of my Mum is the time Dad and her were looking after our kids. The pair of them would spend their whole time babysitting our kids by helping us out with housework we struggled to keep on top of, washing, dishes, etc etc.
This particular time I came home with flowers and she just assumed they were for my wife. When I gave them to Mum her face lit up with that beautiful, wrinkled smile, and she blushed red with embarrassment.
Everything about her was represented in that moment. A life full of duty and love, humility and genuine joy at a simple acknowledgement and gift.
When I think of Mum, that moment and that smile always makes an appearance in my mind's eye.
Cheers on a nice post, Chris.
I share your Lifeguard takeaway. I spent a few summers in my late teens and learned to protect myself when attempting to save someone. It's a valuable "life lesson."
You talked about your dad having cocktails after work. I think you said Martinis. Is that what you are looking at? And your bell-bottoms and belt buckle look sweet. Only thing that would make it sweeter is if those are corduroy bell-bottoms.
Great post Chris. I do love your particular flavor of moving through the world and your special brand of wisdom and adult-ness. AND to someone who cherishes critical thinking...consider this. I mean really, really consider this. How does one KNOW they have Covid? What are the symptoms? Think about all the little discrete symptoms. Headache, nausea, etc. What differentiates Covid from a flu or cold? Are we actually checking? Or are we going on some pretty powerful assumptions dispensed by mainstream media over and over and over again. And lastly, the so-called Covid Virus has never been isolated, it's only a computerized guess. And the PCR test was never meant to diagnose anything. Kary Mullis, the inventor of the test said this.
https://rumble.com/v22mez4-pcr-tests-is-the-pcr-test-creating-a-massive-number-of-falsely-inflated-pos.html
I honestly don't see why this is an issue. I tested negative for the virus many times (every time I flew anywhere, which was often). Felt fine. Started to feel specific symptoms, tested positive, symptoms worsened. Dry cough, fever, aches, etc. Tested positive while symptoms persisted. Symptoms faded away, I tested negative.
It's like it started raining, I got wet, it stopped raining, I got dry, but you're asking, "How do you KNOW the rain is what made you wet?" To me, the more interesting question is, "Why are you so intent on believing something other than the obvious?"
As for Kary Mullis, he's an interesting guy, for sure. I've read his autobiography, and actually spent some time chatting with him once. Very smart, no doubt, but not someone I'd trust to feed my cat for a few days.
Concerning your assertion that the virus has never been isolated, I'm no virologist, but I suspect that's an empty talking point. You might take a look at something like this, to see just how precisely epidemiologists have traced the genetic development of the virus and its offshoots.
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/covid-in-china-the-us-and-everything?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=281219&post_id=93439729&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
I applaud you for still having the consideration to answer these covid questions even after all the hate received from the ”wear a mask” romas.
My father passed a couple of years ago and until you mentioned it, I didn't realize the memories coming lately have been of my younger dad and what an absolutely insane man he was, in a good and sometimes not so good manner, but mostly good. Thank you for that, it is tough losing parents, no matter how old you are. Merry New Year, hope to connect with you in person this year as I just moved to my new property outside of Mosca which as the crow flies puts me about 35 miles from Crestone.
Thank you for sharing. I lost my grandmother a week ago and though we are not holding funeral for her we had fond memories of her spoken over the Christmas dining table. I’m still so grateful to have had her in my life through my adult years.
Bet you wish you still had that belt!
I saw the belt too Brother Bob, as you can see from my post above.