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There is life outside of the mass media, social media, meta-fake world, and it is a better life – because it is real. Take a walk, laugh with friends, be with family, read a book, plant a garden.

We change who we are by changing how we think. We change how we think by asking questions and earnestly seeking answers to those questions.

Protocols. Rules. Regulations. Mandates. Laws. We have far more many words to describe restrictions than we do to extol freedom. But for those who listen, one word – freedom – says it all.

Most people are nice, and don’t want to seem disagreeable by questioning what authoritative voices tell them is true. But gullibility and niceness are two different things. It’s okay, and wise, to question.

There were few people on the planet she trusted without reservation or question, and none of them was named “The Science.”

They refused to isolate themselves in a dark room, curtains closed, the only light coming from the TV screen, its voice announcing that all was not well, and wouldn’t be in the foreseeable future. That wasn’t living. So . . . they decided to live.

We are never more alone than when we change who we are in an attempt to earn the approval of those who do not care about us. Contemplative solitude is more liberating than faux friendship.

As she ran her fingers through her hair, she remembered being a child, when her mother lovingly did the same thing. The human touch is normal and healthy. Distancing ourselves through perpetual fear is not.

Money buys you servants, not friends; employees, not family; acquiescence, not loyalty. That which is truly rich and important can’t be bought.

The calling of family is to love and protect one another, and to extend that love outwards. The purpose of the State is to exact obedience from its citizens. And ne’er the twain shall meet.