Went to see my best friend today.
He’s PTSD, Army Vet, military intelligence…
And uses the phrase “Woke Mind Virus.”
Sigh. You know, it’s interesting seeing him, how his brilliant mind is completely borked by his constantly online life.
Love him to death, but honestly, he’s taken a turn in his life that makes him difficult to recognize him as who he was before - it’s been about 10 years watching him decline this way and it’s sad.
I can’t not love him, he’s been a rock and supportive of me all the time I’ve known him.
And there’s a phrase that I’ve used before “The person you thought was the strongest ends up being weaker than you ever could have imagined,” and you look at yourself and realize that you’re so incredibly strong because you’ve remained resilient when these heroes you had have fallen from their pedestals.
Fuck, I am badass and surrounded by people who can’t stand up anymore.
If I’ve learned anything in this last year it’s that I need to recognize that I’m stronger than I every imagined and that I can’t demean myself by putting people on pedestals without occasionally reviewing the soundness of the foundation there.
