Stop Being Afraid. The Pandemic Made Us a Paranoid Race

Almost everyone in the western world who is not living on the street or in a homeless shelter has been impacted by the fearmongering of the media and the white house and the big pharmacies. Yes, the pandemic was real. But all the news being verified now shows the lockdowns and maskings and keeping distance from even your family only made things worse.
Little kids suffered the most being kept away from peers at schools. New research is showing that young children are having speech delays and other developmental problems because they could not watch adults’ lips move, nor discern facial gestures. (By the way, all of the research showed that the kids had little chance of catching Covid, much less dying from it. Specifically .0003%.)
That didn’t stop the folks in charge from terrifying all of us with made up and falsified reasons to punish the children. They deliberately lied. As did several teachers’ unions.
We all want to be safe, but at what cost? We’re afraid to say certain things that may not be politically correct. We’ve been told we aren’t allowed to hurt someone’s feelings; and in some cases, we’ll be jailed or fined.
What we know from Christ’s teachings and from all Christian religions is that SUFFERING is inevitable. What is not inevitable is our reaction to it. Don’t think for a minute that sitting watching TV all day will save you from suffering or problems. Don’t duck LIFE.
All the recent research across every western nation showed that the lockdowns did terrible harm. Businesses went bankrupt. Families were broken to pieces. Drug and alcohol addiction skyrocketed. All because we allowed people who weren’t experts to lie to us and frighten us.
Here’s 3 things to think about.
1. Don’t be so ready to be afraid. Don’t be reckless but study the real issues down deep and make decisions based on truth.
2. Don’t let the mainstream media run your life. Turn it off. Watch a few news snippets on YouTube, then turn it off and read a book, and go for a walk, telephone a friend, make plans to do something dashing like taking your spouse or loved ones dancing.
3. Stop doing the easy all the time. Sometimes, yes. But go to the trouble to break out that cookbook and make a truly multi course homecooked meal. Don’t take the elevator, take the stairs. Look for ways to help at your church or other place of worship.

Sure, it may not be easy, but strive for the difficult. What? Yes, look for some worthwhile and difficult things to do.