We all were raised in a society filled with deception, mind control, propaganda, cults, and spiritual subversion. Now I can more clearly see how this affects parent to child relationships, our bonds of trust, plus sexual attraction and intimacy.

That we were told (and even believed) that we lived in a free society only makes the cruelty worse. Yet despite all this, here we are. Somehow we have not yet wholly succumbed. The spark of humanity is very hard to extinguish.

The paradox of evil is that it takes wickedness for us to fully see our innate goodness.

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on anger as it's something that I don't see being expressed about this war very often.

I get a bit sick of seeing love love love to be honest because I need to deceive myself to feel that way.

Forgiveness I suppose makes a lot of sense in that it doesn't depend on anyone but yourself. To forgive others and yourself.

To love I find a lot more difficult and irritating concept although it's a sweet idea of the world we are moving into.

Anger is my natural state though. I really don't have anything in my life at all because I made it my priority to serve those I care about and they all deserted me. They have my anger as their rationale for doing so and that ingrains the anger more, to be judged on an emotion that is based on a betrayal they can't even see.

I know we're all trying to be positive. I do plan to forgive when the time is right. Forgiveness will be the only answer I feel, but anger is very appropriate as a natural state fo