is being protected by the police or the "powers that be" at some level. They deal too. They only bust the competition.
For inspiration, I find it in a lot of things but one that might be helpful to you is the quotes of Winston Churchill and/or maybe one of his bios. That man was certainly up against it, and prevailed (look up some film on the Battle of Britain and see). There are so many great quotes of his, a few examples...
"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves. (The Gathering Storm, pg. 348)
"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender".
"Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never -- in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense".
“We have not journeyed all this way across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.”
Of course I'm big on FDR as well. What a remarkable life, and he's very inspirational.
Another thing I posted here few days ago because events lately brought it to mind, the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling:
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
Another pick-me-up is music. This is a song I like for that, it's by Bruce Springsteen, written for the first responders of 9/11: "The Rising".
"Let the Day Begin", The Call
U2, impromptu live video shoot in LA "Where the Streets Have No Name"
I love this guy! I watch this from time to time because it's so cool... Free Hugs official viddo, music "All the Same" by Sick Puppies
A flash mob at Banco Sabadell (I'll leave it at that, not to give it away)
The biggest thing I lean on to get me through is my faith. CARM (dot) org is a good place if info is wanted.
Hang in there, DerekG. It was no picnic during many of our past national moments (I'm 66 and I've seen a few), but the main thing is what the Brits say, "Keep calm and carry on". It really does help just to do that sometimes -- take it one day at a time, one foot in front of the other. "This too will pass" is very true too, everything does. The one thing we know is certain -- change. Try to look for the good, in general. No matter how small, there's always some to be found.
This is for all of us, who try to make life better for everyone, and try to reason with people to accomplish that, and often get kicked in the teeth for it... that isn't unusual. We should all take a lesson from Bernie and refuse to be discouraged from continuing to do whatever we can that is positive. That guy is a good example to us, he just doesn't give up -- ever.
"Vincent", (Don McLean)
A random anecdote...
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