When we pray, we often expect our prayers to be answered in a straight line—from point A to point B—with absolutely no detours. After all, anything is possible with God. But that’s exactly the catch: anything is possible.
Many things have happened since I prayed for complete healing in January 2021. Whether good or bad, I consider each of them part of the healing process, and I have no right to question God’s wisdom.
My first cousin, who is a priest, did tell me that I could ask God “why” when a particularly painful experience is too much for me to bear. But I’m afraid to ask Him—what if His reply is more painful than what I’m going through at the moment?
So I STFU—shut the f*** up—and wait for the moment to pass.
Looking back now, I can see that the path I’ve followed so far might not have been a straight line, but it’s bringing me to where I should be. The diet, the gym, the smaller circle—there’s less drama, there’s quiet, there’s clarity.
It’s the kind of quiet and clarity that I can only wish for countries like the United States, Israel, Iran, and others involved in the current Middle East tensions.
Some plans have to be postponed while we wait for tensions to ease. Electric vehicles are finally receiving much-deserved attention as the world tries to lessen its reliance on fuel. The opening—and possible closing—of the Strait of Hormuz has redefined the meaning of a superiority complex.
Tensions, conflicts, and wars in the past have taught us that they cause only destruction, and that recovery requires enormous amounts of money, time, and effort. But perhaps the business and profits gained from both destruction and recovery are fueling current tensions, much like what has happened in the past.
The powers that be may not even see the lives that have become sacrificial lambs in war, as they would rather focus on superiority in supplies—oil, arms, nuclear weapons—the more, the merrier.
There’s this old joke that goes, “Why does a dog wag its tail? Because the dog is smarter than the tail. If the tail were smarter, it would wag the dog.”
Since I now watch movies as often as I go to the gym, my preferred references these days come from Hollywood and its habit of teasing the world with scripts that seem imaginary but are most likely based on reality. The 1997 film “Wag the Dog” is one example. It’s about spin doctors trying to control the narrative by creating a war in Albania as a distraction from a sex scandal involving a country’s president. Hmm. Sounds familiar?
In reality, it could be some other scandal—drug use, controversial flood control projects, or ghost projects.
Before the Middle East tensions erupted, there were—and still are—the Epstein files. Since I’ve chosen to remain blissfully clueless about them, feel free to Google and discover what they’re all about.
Some people suspect that someone wants the files forgotten; thus, the Middle East tensions have become a convenient distraction. If we connect this to the “wag the dog” theory, the tensions are the “tail,” and the files are the “dog.”
If we were to apply this theory to the carnivore diet, carbohydrates are the “tail,” and meat is the “dog.” But no dog meat, please.
