New occupant


Move out – vacancy – move in.

Keep moving on. Keep zooming in, pulling a James Webb, to find a newly discovered (by us) yet old planet.

Same way with the truth. Men/women often stumbled upon it by surprise.

The truth, most relevant, is about themselves: how low they are capable of stooping to e.g. giving Russian secret Ukrainian locations to target and how far they are willing to go to get what they wanted – even with bitter taste of buyer’s remorse e.g. getting elected or collecting shoes…e.g. the Marcos family.

Young artists were told to explore and know the depth of oneself, to not get in the way of their creative impulses…In short, to die to one’s ego. Let eternity live through them, temporal creatures (nano before, nano after, nano particles go on in space and time).

Stardust – floating aimlessly around – making demand and making admen.

Seeding, tending, watering and blooming before vanishing. Like morning midst, so elusive : “on the first grass, praise with elation, praise every morning”. God as gardener “where His feet passed” (bare feet or wearing sandals?)

Just do it. Nike urges us on. Of course, in doing so, we need to walk the Earth. Then we need shoes.

From Oregon to Orlando, just do it.

Action. Doing the same thing over and over and expect a different result.

Insane. John Wick, fourth (and final?) installment. Shoot’ m up. Reload. Rinse and repeat.

The end is near, the end is now.

Let’s rush it. No time for Morning has broken nor Peace Train.

Just show them what you’ve got. More ammo, go turbo, justice in the American (West) way.

High noon.

Take down the bad (by your own definition) guys.

The other. Often times, darker = badder. Hollywood version of a happy ending (squirting or shooting).

The rich, the powerful, the connected will always rule the Earth for a thousand years. And more, if we keep birthing and having babies. Let the taxpayers chip in. You just do the seeding. It takes a village.

The race war is now involved not just ideologies but also individuals – which group – mob or mass – can raise the most babies. To replenish the Earth, to occupy the Apartment (and re-decorate it in our refined taste and His Image).

America, the Continent. From Columbus to current Pope, from rehab them to repent (for the wrong perpetrated in forced boarding schools). Not the first and only time that words and action don’t match ( the Church teaches people to obey the government, “give to Caesar what belongs to him”. paying taxes, to get the tax break on its properties and schools… supporting a party of Law and Order, but then rallying behind a lawless leader. Beats me. ) I felt sorry for the Gary Harts of the world, when Watergate and J6 made his 1984 transgression look like a child play.

Keep zooming in. You’ll find ugliness and incompleteness. Foot prints and snakes oil on the grass while struggled artists are urged to stay out of the way. Let Eternity live on in one hour, and Infinity be found in the beauty of the lilies.

When we leave here, there will be new occupant(s). Depends on the circumstances and timing, it might be- for them- treasure what we deem as trash. We are mere stewards of space and time allowances – yet, all the while full of false self-congratulation.

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Thang Nguyen 555

Thang volunteered for Relief Work in Asia/ Africa while pursuing graduate schools. B.A. at Pennsylvania State University. M.A. in Communication at Wheaton Graduate School, M.A. in Cross-Cultural Communication at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, North of Boston, he was subsequently certified with a Cambridge ELT Award - classes taken in Hanoi for cultural immersion. He tells aspirational and inspirational tales to engage online subscribers.

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