11/5/24+

[Mark C]

Stress is optional.

Absolutely!

And that was, and remains, my point. Otherwise, why does He say, "See, I have told you BEFOREHAND"???

We can be prepared, and not distressed. Indeed, that is the POINT of preparation!

 

[Mark C]

So - Trump won. Great, and praise Yah!

NOW WHAT?

If you don't know that the Deep State and its puppets (Comrade Heels-in-the-Air, and the Senile Fake) were lying when they said "peaceful transfer of power" - you just plain haven't been paying attention.

 

[MemeFan]

So - Trump won. Great, and praise Yah!

NOW WHAT?

If you don't know that the Deep State and its puppets (Comrade Heels-in-the-Air, and the Senile Fake) were lying when they said "peaceful transfer of power" - you just plain haven't been paying attention.

Except Deep State has ...(not nice words) Biden to make place for Harris. So he can now do same to Deep State as revenge.

An even if current President doesn't notice, his family still has connections.

By the way, Jill Biden has gone voting in beautiful red dress. Political statement no less.

 

[MemeFan]

Stress is optional.
Choosing to handle potential problems without experiencing undue stress is what men are designed to do.
If you can’t face potential problems without stressing, you probably need help.

Absolutely!

And that was, and remains, my point. Otherwise, why does He say, "See, I have told you BEFOREHAND"???

We can be prepared, and not distressed. Indeed, that is the POINT of preparation!

You can't choose not to have stress. Only some situations can be seen as less stressful.

Anything perceived as danger will create stress response. Like pressing car brake to avoid hitting someone.

So if you never relax, you will accumulate such stress.

 

[The Revolting Man]

I read Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" twice now and the thing that always stands out to me is that just a few years before the Roman Empire collapsed in on itself none of the Romans saw it coming.

I have never read that gigantic tome, that’s impressive.

My big take away from the Roman Empire was that when Constantinople fell in 1450s (ish?) they were still appoint consuls and calling themselves Romans.

Consuls had been the nominally democratically appointed leaders of the Roman Republic, which hadn’t existed in fact since a 100 years before Christ.

But 1,500 years later people were still pretending. They had kept a name and some symbols and gradually changed everything else until the Roman Republic was a near eastern empire. That’s a terrifying realization.

 

[steve]

You can't choose not to have stress

In an emergency, that would be true.
The whole point of being prepared for possible emergency situations is so that you CAN experience it without excessive stress.

So if you never relax, you will accumulate such stress.

Being reasonably vigilant isn’t stressful.
Sticking your head in the sand is a way to stay relaxed, but one that I won’t choose.