Ehlana and Ethan:
The long days are adding up for us – even when we have a fair bit of fun to go along with the work and studying. It definitely felt like fall this morning when Tai Chi was by the river but it was in the fifties for that workout. The high today only hit seventy-three, but at least we hit that number at around the same time as our football or cheer squad practices and it was sunny too. We’ve skipped over the academic adventures, but then we had fun and didn’t have anything newsworthy to offer from our lessons and studying. That’s true for the study session we had between practices again today – though Naomi hosted the studying and dinner; and then we headed to the church for the teen praise team practice.
Ethan and I repeated the walk home with Naomi, Aiden, and Silkie after we left the church; we did a Magi lesson and some work with Mom and Dad in the office; and then bath or Jacuzzi time preceded the start of our current bedtime computing and twin chat fun. We used some time phasing for most of that office work, so while it isn’t already Thursday morning as we write this, but it feels late and we’re tired. We feel pretty good about the work we did tonight; and that helps a bit with keeping us from feeling guilty about how amazing our lives are here at home when that isn’t true for so much of the rest of the world.
That brings us to the bad news of the day for the world news. We can barely stand to write about stories from the United Nations so far this week; since pretty much everything happening there is a waste of time and effort to even keep up with – not to mention the ridiculous expenses to put the show on for the masses. There is no real talk of peace – unless you believe that unconditional surrender is a viable way to peace – and we mean that for all sides; since that’s true regardless of which side claims the victories. While the world leaders offer stupid sound bytes and take photos and videos to prove they’re part of the cool kids group; Ukraine continues to get pounded and the front lines are a disaster for the Ukrainian forces. President Zelensky is leaving the fighting to his military while focusing on begging for more money and weapons; he’s the top cheerleader for fear-mongering as he warns the rest of the world of Russia’s imperial ambitions; and the European leaders are happy to go along with the storyline; since it distracts from the economic destructions they’ve brought onto their own counties and people. News flash – Russia does not want to rule the world at all; and nobody in their right mind would want to be in charge of the disasters that are most western countries right now!
The top news from the Middle East is supposedly the repair of the main east-west pipeline in Saudi Arabia with the caveat that it will still take six to eight weeks to get back to full capacity, but even if that’s true; that would mean nothing if the Houthis or Iraqi militias blow it up again. Let’s add in that the Houthis control the strait and parts of the Red Sea closest to Yemen, so even if the pipeline comes online again; that doesn’t mean the Saudis will be able to sip anything from those Red Sea ports. Reports are out again about new air force build-ups in the region for our military; and we can only guess at whether that is to attack Iran again or Yemen – or both. President Trump does keep threatening annihilation of Iran if they don’t surrender; and it really is worrying that he keeps insisting that he’ll choose one path or the other the day after the mid-term elections.
Finally, for tonight, we want to write about news that isn’t getting much attention, but needs to be watched. Japan is definitely posturing toward a military build-up that includes new missiles and hypersonic missiles that are sure to be pointed at Russia and China. When we look at that in combination with the war-mongering out of Germany; we can’t help but notice historical similarities along with the changes that include the countries that are currently allied with Japan and Germany. All of those leaders seriously need to crack some history books, since in addition to losing the last world war; Japan, Germany, and their allies back then were decimated and it took decades to recover. Nobody with an ounce of sanity should want to see that happen again – especially when that would inevitably lead to the use of nukes on both sides. Our point, though, is that the actual warmongers are definitely in western countries and Japan and a few other places, but not in most countries that just want to be left alone by all of the former colonial and imperial powers instead of exploited and controlled.
We manage to have that for ourselves here in our little corner of the world, but then we might not if even our own government found out about our special abilities; so we’ll stick to the current plans until we are ready for the Ascension of the Light!
For now, that means working on happier thoughts and heading off to sleep; so we’re going to get started on that right now.
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
