Good Morning Digital Neighbors! Happy Friday ADD Irregulars, WSN Curators & Contributors and all the rest of you wandering souls that find your way here.

In this morning's Office The Lord has had enough with Israel. They were on the very verge of entering the Promised Land and once again reverted to complaints, threats of death and a desire to go back to Egypt. Caleb & Joshua try to assure they people that we need not fear the residents of the land, the Lord is with them. The whole community threatens to stone them. Their complete lack of perspective on who God is and how God has been with them prevents them from entering the Land. The wander 40 years in the desert until every last complaining bellyacher passed from the community. None who left Egypt for promised freedom saw it except Joshua & Caleb. Moses saw it from the mountainside before he died, but he does not lead them. That will fall to Joshua and the generation born in the desert that ha learned to trust in the Lord and be patient under his guidance.

The sadness of the story is how many times God had revealed his presence to the people and how quickly they forgot. Not only did they forget, but with every obstacle they wanted to kill Moses, Aaron or others and then turn back to the good old days of slavery. It is a true lack of perspective and so illustrative of how fear can run your life into ruin. None of us in the community need that reminder, most if not all of us are outliers, skeptics and predisposed contrarians to the narrative.

While all of us are questioners and seekers; the outlier, skeptical and contrary side of that perspective has been nourished by repeated violations of trust and the paternalism of the Cabal. The Mommie-Dearest State and its cultural enablers do not appreciate your questions or lack of gratitude for all Mommie has done for you. It is not surprising that paternalism has disappeared from the talking points of the Left since they now embrace it whole-heartedly. "4 legs good, 2 legs better" as the sheep have always said. They know better - trust them. We know that has never worked in any other society, much like socialism or communism, but this time the formula will be right and succeed. Just say Yes.

NO.

NO opens the door of perspective, NO revives the spirit, NO frees the will from those who lie, control and bend your will to their own. Your life can't be all NO, but no to what is unworthy, demeaning and servile is the fruit of discernment, the treasure of thoughtful questions and earnest seeking. NO must always give way to what you want to say YES to. If you can't make the switch from being a person of NO to one of YES, you will never be builder of anything worthwhile but only a dissembler and complainer. Yes should be direct to the good, the true and the beautiful. Discern well, there are countless pretenders of goodness, truth and beauty. Not all are trying to misinform you but ignorance of reality is almost as bad as lies about reality. The ignorant like Mr. Magoo can wreck your life in their acts of kindness that are completely misguided and unaware. While they are not evil, like the liars and deceivers, their carelessness can bring just as much destruction.

Deliver us from evil, protect us from stupid and prepare us for striving for what is right and good. A few perspective quotes to round out my morning musing.

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever. —Isak Dinesen

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them. —Epictetus

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. —Nido Qubein