Winged. Scaled. Unrepentant. No check mark. No crowds. No performance. The Devil keeps his circle small. Alt account for @awhiskydarkly 🜍
Pandæmonium ⓧ
Joined May 2018
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When someone tells you, “Your words make my life better,” writing stops being a choice. It becomes obligation. A duty to carry the fire, even when it burns.
"The man who first said that was probably a coward.... He knew a great deal about cowards but nothing about the brave. The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them.”
-Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
When facing death, you forget to be afraid. It never crosses your mind. Only the mission.
If you're lucky, you find fine whiskey and beer the Dutch consulate left behind when they left.
Rocket attacks. Machine gun fire. Drinks. Watching Disney's Jungle Cruise.
War is absurd.
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“You will lose friends, you will lose lovers, You will lose comfort, but if in losing them, You find yourself, you have gained more than Kings.”
~ Marcus Aurelius
When I get unwary new followers I imagine their inner dialogue: What is this guy about? Before plunging down the rabbit hole only to find yet another rabbit hole. Then another and so on. 😂
Pay attention.
Verify information.
Analyze motives.
Prepare for reasonable contingencies.
Don't confuse speculation
with intelligence.
A poem.
There's an entire industry built on turning uncertainty into angst. Cultivating a sense of impending dread is their bread and butter. Don't listen to them.
