Is everyone here just to serve you?
You’re no better than anyone else
Everyone must do what you say
You’ve got such a high opinion of yourself

God forbid anyone who crosses you
Or doesn’t always adhere to your wishes
The ladders climbed are full of snakes
Fallen from ballroom to washing the dishes

Superior attitude has poisoned the mind
The extended hand that must be kissed
The backstabbers are always plotting
And one day you’ll no longer be missed

Are you so noble you cannot see
The peasants that you thought to inspire
Turn against your arrogant commands
That they no longer admire

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Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful for our super tart passionfruit that I ate for breakfast yesterday. Its sourness lasted throughout the day in my mouth. It was delicious and difficult to eat!

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Sometimes, the more you look at something, the more it makes you sick. Like eating too much cake or chocolate. I have to balance my reading about Thailand’s past, along with seeing what is happening here now and not get too disgusted with it all in front of Amy, as it only fuels her own first of disgust and will just make us both unhappier. We cannot close our eyes to the corruption we see and enjoy our lives fully. Ignorance really would be bliss. Sometimes, I wonder how to be more stupid.

Also, following the stupid build to potential was between the US and China and hoping that China can do it’s best not to get sucked in. Unfortunately, lots of westerners are getting sucked into the deliberate false narrative that the western media promotes.

It got me thinking about all the self-help methods, or even religious preaching, that advise on understanding, compromising and learning from each other. As the US fails, yet again, at violent suppression of others, based on lies, I wonder if it’s time for the Chinese to lead the way.

I saw a bizarre headline that indicated China would develop Afghanistan with infrastructure and modernisation, working with the Taliban. In return, the Taliban would move away from extremism and not support any terrorist action within Xinjiang. This headline seems too good to be true and maybe from a spoof website, but it shows that the methods the US has chosen in the past, which have continually failed, were not and are not the only option.

Even primary school kids understand that escalating a fight just brings more pain.

I’m starting to see the benefits of a one-party system where potentially anyone has the chance to participate. Without the regular 4 or 5-year cycle, waste of time and money on elections and one party undermining the other, often out of spite, a direction can be adhered to, and some stability maintained.

No society is perfect, and the US should stop pretending to be, because its faults are evident for the whole world to see.

Things I can control and things I can’t control. I still wish to say something, even if it’s just shouting into the wind.