I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important:
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
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That's why.
Like maybe you large accounts could get together. Act as a Central Community Bulletin Board.
You’ve a collective reach of 10s of millions, INSTANTLY.
LEAD THE RESISTANCE!!!
Or:
“See how many followers I have? I love this place! Now watch me post MORE words, with ZERO action!”
Choose.
That is a legitimately provocative question, begging more answers than it questions.
In this case, that may be a good thing.
Meanwhile, History is condemned to repeat because people don't learn.
#resist
That's better than anything you could do today that wouldn't land you in jail
https://trilliondollardreadful.com/2025/02/19/kid-rock-and-lee-greenwood-charged-in-celebrity-break-ins/
Most people have narrow vision. They only see and think about what is in their immediate view. Their needs, their children's needs, their neighbors -- that's about as far as concern usually extends.
das es noch nicht gibt ?
Where is the beneficent King who bestows kindness unto his people? The 10 wealthiest people in the World could fix the environment right now. End homelessness. Provide basic healthcare.
Power is a helluva drug.
I wish I had included that thought when raising our now 21 year old daughter.
It’s not too late though .
For any of us. 😎
Thank you! ❤️
"No one", that is just false.
(and call for action)
Thank you.
We need to hurry, to do that 'small thing’ (whatever you are thinking 😄) now. The effect becomes smaller and smaller.
Perhaps events in the "future" are dictating events in the "now". 🤔
I knew I should have made sweet love to Bob Weir
Unleashing our loving vibes and saving the World,
(Sadly, wifey wouldn’t let me!)
This is all on the Grateful Dead and their mean partners.
My timeline, sticking to it.
It is like Value vs. Faith. One, you can measure. The other, you have to believe.
I suggest you read 11.22.63 by Stephen King. You will find these small things are actually all around us.
Bad News it's 2025...🤣🤣🤣🤣
You go back 10 years, change something, travel forward 10. You can see the difference the change made.
Making a change now, you'd have to wait those 10 years to see the effect of the change.
It’s hero worship that blinds them from their own truths.
And it’s the promise of him saying he’ll save them, even when he changes nothing.
They are going to tumble first, recover last.
Small changes by many is very effective in a lot of cases!
Apathy in anything is disease, the shame we bing to ourselves is for the the countless millions who fought and died for our freedoms, Democracy.
So they fret that a small change in the past would disrupt their entitled 'me, now' .. but they don't worry that their entitled 'me, now' actions will make the future worse.
It would be easier sometimes to change the past—Jackson Browne
I have done this transformation myself , but I wouldn't advise anyone in a similar situation to do it without coaching , bc positive thinking is useful, but can hurt ppl
I see ops, gathering team . Anyone interested in participating inc therapists, please contact me .
The capitalist HC has made the US a pill addicted nation , and we can do better
I.e There are many cases of kidney problems from pills, so we can do btter
Westerners keep talking about wars on drugs w MH brigades but, but Budhist Monks make friends w stress and anxiety, instead. 🙄🤦😂
I help homeless et w mh sometimes
US academia failed us all, in some aspects.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/11-year-old-takes-own-life-after-classmates-reportedly-threatened-to-have-her-family-deported/amp/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/18/shoppers-political-boycotts-spending-patterns-poll
The time is now for Americans to get up and get out, into the streets en masse, before it's too late.
And I'd stop every damn 3rd party voter that gave us Bush, Reagan, and now the fELON.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-order-vastly-expand-040133466.html
That's just another term for autocratic dictatorship.
tWump signs another EO that consolidates more control over various independent agencies like the FCC that regulates media .What could possibly go wrong?
And my bottom is so clean.
Also includes an interesting discussion on the difficulty to predict and measure the effect of an action in the present.
Now 'bout that comet coming in 8 years
they spent time and billions getting re-elected
and now we ask for a Plan
silence
One bag every morning walking the dog getting our exercise. Doing our part
Then they approve another coal mine, and there's talk of another pipeline.
Sigh
I'll keep at it
You gave me a giggle this morning
Going back to the past allows you to target your something small to do the most good.
🤷🤦♂️
Elon is following his Twitter take over strategy with the government almost to the letter.
🙂
While many are now in prison, it’s up to us, the ones still able to move in the present, to tell their story.
Will we each be the supporter of those individuals, or turn our backs?
Join in, by speaking out.
I wonder what the comparable bravado will be 20-30 years from now wrt to trump?
That’s patently absurd.
I took this post to refer to “I’m just one person” excuses for inaction.
Is your experience different than mine in this regard?
After this election, if I see messaging that feels ineffective, even minor stuff like this, my insta-reaction is critical.