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Thanks so much for this, Lex - you speak to our souls! Here's an inspiring message that's making the rounds lately, from a French general who understands the heroic journey. His words speak to all facets of the present times, the times we see the mythic battles come to life again, when we understand why the classic tales are retold. He sounds a bit like you!!

"Even if I were fully vaccinated, I would admire the unvaccinated for standing up to the greatest pressure I have ever seen, including from spouses, parents, children, friends, colleagues, and doctors.

People who have been capable of such personality, courage, and such critical ability undoubtedly embody the best of humanity.

They are found everywhere, in all ages, levels of education, countries, and opinions.

They are of a particular kind; these are the soldiers that any army of light wishes to have in its ranks.

They are the parents that every child wishes to have and the children that every parent dreams of having.

They are beings above the average of their societies; they are the essence of the peoples who have built all cultures and conquered horizons.

They are there, by your side, they seem normal, but they are superheroes.

They did what others could not do; they were the tree that withstood the hurricane of insults, discrimination, and social exclusion.

And they did it because they thought they were alone and believed they were alone.

Excluded from their families’ Christmas tables, they have never seen anything so cruel. They lost their jobs, let their careers sink, and had no more money… but they didn’t care. They suffered immeasurable discrimination, denunciations, betrayals, and humiliation… but they continued.

Never before in humanity has there been such a casting; we now know who the resisters are on planet Earth. Women, men, old, young, rich, poor, of all races and all religions, the unvaccinated, the chosen ones of the invisible ark, the only ones who managed to resist when everything fell apart. Collapsed.

You’ve passed an unimaginable test that many of the toughest marines, commandos, green berets, astronauts, and geniuses couldn’t pass.

You are made of the stuff of the greatest that ever lived, those heroes born among ordinary men who shine in the dark.”

—French General Christian Blanchon

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Ed Brenegar's avatar

Myths are true, as I see it, not because they are a good story, which most are, but because they reflect some deeper truth about reality. It is like seeing The Matrix when it first came out. It was clearly science fiction. However, as its truth emerged as a reflection of the real world, it could be seen more as science fact. The question therefore is not what is myth, but how should a myth be represented in the actions of those who believe and trust in those myths. For this is where these narrative connect with reality.

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