[DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER, WHO PASSED AWAY MARCH 17, 2015.
HE WAS 87 YEARS YOUNG AND A WORLD WAR II NAVY VETERAN.
IT WAS HE WHO TAUGHT ME THE VALUE OF ALL LIFE, AND HE WHO TAUGHT ME THAT WE MUST HAVE TRUTH AT ANY AND ALL COST. I WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD THE FIRST TIME I REMEMBER HEARING THE WORDS "QUESTION EVERYTHING!" FROM MY DAD.
I WILL, I PROMISE! THANK YOU, DAD, FOR THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE DRIVE TO FIND TRUTH.]
I NEED YOU TO IMAGINE WITH ME THAT YOU ARE LOST AT SEA, ADRIFT AND HOPING TO LAND ON AN ISLAND AND SURVIVE.
YOU LAND ON MY ISLAND.
I AM THE ONLY HUMAN LIFE FORM ON THIS LUSH, LIFE-GIVING ISLAND WHERE FOOD IS PLENTIFUL AND FRESH WATER ABUNDANT.
I GREET YOUR ARRIVAL.
NEITHER OF US KNOWS IF THE OTHER IS "FRIEND OR FOE".
WE ARE BOTH WARY OF ONE ANOTHER.
THAT IS MERELY INSTINCTUAL...BEING WARY.
WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS WHICH BEAUTIFUL FRUITS THERE ON MY ISLAND, OR WHICH SPECIES OF ANIMALS CAN BE DEADLY, CAN KILL YOU IF YOU INGEST THEM.
I DO KNOW.
IF I WITHHELD THAT KNOWLEDGE FROM YOU, JUST DIDN'T TELL YOU WHAT I KNEW THAT WOULD SAVE YOU FROM DEATH OR SERIOUS ILLNESS, WOULDN'T I BE CONSIDERED A DEVIOUS MURDERER?
I COULD SHARE, TELL YOU WHAT TO AVOID, BUT JUST WOULDN'T?
HOW CRUEL WOULD THAT BE?
WOULD YOU CONSIDER ME A FEAR-MONGER IF I TOLD YOU WHICH SPECIES WOULD KILL YOU?
WOULD YOU SEE MY MOTIVE AS FEAR-MONGERING IF I TOLD YOU WHY AND HOW THOSE POISONOUS SPECIES MIGHT KILL YOU?
SHOULD YOU TRUST ME?
WOULD YOU TRUST ME?
IF YOU VALUED YOUR LIFE, YOU JUST MIGHT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO VALUE YOUR LIFE.
I VALUE YOUR LIFE...ALL LIFE, HUMAN, PLANT, ANIMAL.
I WAS TAUGHT TO VALUE ALL LIFE.
EVEN IF I HAD NOT BEEN TAUGHT TO, LIFE ITSELF, OVER THE PAST 60+ YEARS OF MY LIFE, HAS SHOWN ME THAT ALL LIFE IS VALUABLE.
NOT ALL HAVE THE TIME ON THEIR HANDS THAT I HAVE.
I'VE BEEN RETIRED NOW FOR ALMOST 8 YEARS.
I HAVE LITTLE BUT TIME.
RESEARCH WAS ONE OF MY PASSIONS FOR ALL MY TIME ON EARTH, AND I DO RESEARCH VERY WELL....NO BRAG, JUST A FACT.
I RESEARCH MUCH LIKE OTHERS BREATHE...ALL THE TIME.
COMBINE THAT WITH MY UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR MY FELLOW CREATURES.
I LOVE LIFE, BUT HAVE LITTLE PATIENCE WITH THOSE WHO DON'T WANT THE KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED TO PRESERVE LIFE, EVEN THEIR OWN LIVES.
I HAVE NO PATIENCE WITH THOSE I SEE AS PEOPLE WHO WOULD STOP OTHERS FROM HAVING KNOWLEDGE TO HELP THEM LIVE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT SOME DO NOT CARE IF OTHERS LIVE OR NOT.
SOME ARE EVEN INTENT ON DESTROYING THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
I ADMIT, I WOULD TAKE THE LIFE OF ANYONE WHO CAME TO TAKE MINE.
I WOULD NEVER ALLOW A WOULD-BE MURDERER TO END MY LIFE.
I WOULD FIGHT TO KEEP MY LIFE, EVEN IF I KNEW IT WAS ONLY FOR A DAY.
I LOVE MY LIFE MORE THAN I COULD EVER LOVE THE LIFE OF A WOULD-BE MURDERER.
CALL IT A FAILING...CALL IT ANYTHING YOU PLEASE.
I INTEND TO LIVE.
WHEN YOU COME HERE TO THE OLD HEMLOCK TEA ROOM, I OFFER YOU ALL MY RESEARCH FOR FREE, ALL THE GATHERED DATA, ALL THE HOURS, DAYS, MONTHS, YEARS, DECADES OF MY INCESSANT SEARCHING FOR FACTS AND TRUTH.
I OFFER IT FREELY...BECAUSE I CARE.
I ALSO OFFER YOU MY PASSION FOR LIFE, HOPING IT CREATES A LIKE PASSION IN ALL WHO READ HERE TO HANG ON TIGHTLY TO LIFE.
WHILE WE HAVE LIFE, WE HAVE HOPE FOR A BETTER LIFE....FOR ALL.
WHEN THE FACTS WRING MY HEART OUT, WHEN THE TRUTH STABS ME LIKE A KNIFE, WHEN FACTS MAKE ME WEEP OR ENRAGE ME, I STILL PUBLISH FACTS.
WHEN THE TRUTH OF A THING GOES COMPLETELY AGAINST MY BELIEF SYSTEM, I STILL ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS TRUTH.
I MUST.
TRUTH IS TRUTH, LIKE IT OR NOT.
TRUTH LIBERATES.
TRUTH IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL THINGS WE CAN FIND.
I GET NO MONETARY GAIN, NO FAME, NO ANYTHING FOR POSTING HERE THE TRUTHS I FIND....EXCEPT THE PEACE OF MIND THAT I WENT LOOKING FOR TRUTH, FOUND IT, AND CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU.
I SIMPLY WANT US ALL TO LIVE, SURVIVE, CARRY ON.
FEAR?
FEAR DESTROYS US!
I LEARNED TO RESIST FEAR, TO CAST IT OUT OF MY MIND.
YOU CAN, TOO.
JUST REPLACE FEAR WITH THE POWER THAT KNOWLEDGE CREATES.
WHEN WE KNOW, WE CAN MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES.
WE MUST KNOW.
KNOWING IS CONDUCIVE TO LIFE!
WE MUST SEEK WAYS TO CARRY ON AND TO HELP EACH OTHER CARRY ON.
THAT'S ALL THIS BLOG IS...TRUTH, FACTS, AN OFFER OF HELP SO WE CAN ALL LEARN...AND NOT PERISH!
WE LEARN, OR WE PERISH.
I CHOOSE NOT TO PERISH.
I CHOOSE TO HELP ALL PEOPLE, ALL SPECIES, TO LIVE.
EMPOWERED.
UNAFRAID TO FIGHT TO LIVE.
GOT IT?
NO FEAR!
FEAR IS NOT JUST A MIND-KILLER...IT IS A LIFE-DESTROYER.
HAVE NO FEAR!
NOTHING I WILL EVER WRITE HERE IS INTENDED TO CREATE FEAR, BUT TO ERADICATE FEAR.
KNOWING THE TRUTH SHOULD NEVER CREATE FEAR, BUT RATHER GIVE US NEW POWER, SO WE NEVER HAVE TO FEAR.
WE MUST PURSUE TRUTH ABOVE ALL ELSE, AND TRUTH SHOULD NEVER CREATE FEAR!
THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE YOU BLIND TO TRUTH DO NOT CARE IF YOU LIVE OR DIE.
THOSE WHO LIE TO YOU ARE THE SAME AS MURDERERS.
THEY ROB YOU OF BOTH TRUTH AND LIFE!
RESIST THEM!
DEMAND TRUTH!
IT IS THE GREATEST TREASURE ON THIS PLANET!
AND IF TRUTH HURTS...SMILE AND BEAR IT!
PAX VOBISCUM!
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