This is an observation on a very personal level. I have 3 siblings. None of them are awake. They might be aware things are not right in the world but they have made the choice to ‘just move on’. I was specifically told that by my sister when I tried to make them wake up. “I think we all just need to move on and live our lives”, she said. So I quit dropping red pills on them and figured they’d eventually figure it out.
But probably they never will.
Here’s the thing - we have elderly parents. Our mother has dementia and our father is a narcissistic gambling addict with no empathy whatsoever. We did not have a good childhood. I had a lot of things to work through that I repressed from growing up and had locked away in my head where not even I was aware of them.
So how does this tie in with wanting people to open their eyes to what is happening in the world?
Let’s call my father “The Democrat Party”. (yes, he is a very devout democrat.) My mother would be ‘The Sheep.’ My siblings would be ‘The unawakened’.
I’m using ‘sheep’ and ‘unawakened’ as 2 separate groups of people because I think sheep are people who will never wake up and will blindly continue to follow along no matter what while the unawakened could possibly move into the awake group or they could also move into the full sheep group.
My mother, a full sheep, blindly follows my father, (the democrat party). She waits for a crumb to be dropped for her. Some sign that he cares for her. Those crumbs are actually only bribes to keep her on the hook thinking he cares and wants what is best for her. He uses manipulation to keep her under his thumb and get her to do whatever he wants her to do. She refuses to see the manipulation though and will continue to follow him hoping for another crumb. She will always be a sheep grasping for a crumb knowing there will always be another crumb eventually while the other option is a complete unknown - Are there are crumbs for her over there in the awake category? Crumbs is all she’s ever known and it’s familiar to her. Sadly, her dementia will help keep her there but I think even without that she would still be a sheep. She turned a blind eye on what was happening in the privacy of our home choosing instead to not believe what was right in front of her.
My siblings, being part of the unawakened group, are aware that things are not right. They know about the manipulations. They know about those crumbs being dropped hoping to bring them over to the sheep side so they’ll obey and follow along blindly. But they can’t seem to bring themselves into the ‘awake’ category and actually do something about it. They don’t blindly follow my father so are not full sheep. But they are not willing to take part in making changes to stop my father’s manipulations and help make things better for all.
Had it been left up to them, my mother would probably not be alive today because they simply couldn’t bring themselves to do anything about the situation once our mother was hospitalized and went into a nursing home for recovery. I’m pretty certain our father was trying to speed my mother’s death along with various things he was doing that led up to her being hospitalized. I tried getting my siblings involved. They agreed that ‘something needs to be done’. So I waited.
And I waited……
And I waited……
Side note here - I am a 2nd child. I have an older sister who has always liked being in control so I figured she’d want to take the reins, sign the paperwork I had given her to become mom’s Power of Attorney and we would work together to take care of this problem. I did the footwork to pave the way to getting a Power of Attorney but gave her the opportunity to take control. (That would be her swallowing the RED PILL in this story.)
So I waited some more……
A month went by and mom was about to be approved to be released from the nursing home. That meant going home. To our father. Who was trying to speed her death along. Those facts didn’t light a fire under my siblings to do something. They simply ignored it hoping someone else would take care of the problem. Like me.
I’ve been ‘awake’ for about 2 years. I’ve learned how to research. I’ve learned that when something needs to be done, I just go for it. If I don’t know how to do something, I research or just wing it and do my best. At least do something! So I got the paperwork done. Became mom’s Power of Attorney, took control and now mom is living in a lovely assisted living facility where she is well cared for and safe.
Are you seeing why I called my father ‘The Democrat Party’? They drop crumbs to keep stringing the sheep along. The sheep are so grateful for every little crumb handed to them that they turn their backs on the evil deeds and keep their hand out waiting for another crumb. Because there is always another crumb eventually. It’s an addiction waiting for another crumb to drop.
The evil people engage in psychological warfare to try and turn the unawakened into full sheep. The sheep aren’t the targets in this war. I believe those people are lost forever. It’s the unawakened who feel something isn’t right and haven’t yet made the decision whether they want to become awake or whether they want to be sheep. (I give Just Human credit here for his substack article, A room full of deciders , which helped me understand that people need to make the decision themself to KNOW. We can’t force it upon them. That only creates more division.)
We all have people in our lives like my family. We all feel the frustration when they won’t wake up. I think we all need to take a good long look at those people and decide - what group are they in? Are they full sheep showing the signs that they will never wake up? Do they blindly grab any little crumb thrown to them and give you a blank look when you try to tell them what those crumbs actually are?
Or is there hope peeking through the cracks that they are in the unawakened group and just need the right motivation or the right amount of time? I’ve accepted that my mother is a sheep and have taken it upon myself to do what is necessary to keep her safe and as happy as I can for her remaining time. My siblings are being moved into the sheep category bit by bit as I attempt to get them to help me with our parents and they won’t lift a finger. They are choosing to turn their backs and wait for crumbs. If they are making the decision to not help our own mother, what hope is there that they would do anything to help mankind?
I write this not to depress people about their loved ones if they are in the full sheep category or get people angry at those in the unawake category because of the additional work for the rest of us. But instead, I’m saying we, who are in the awake category, are like the Power of Attorney for those sheep people. We all have to make the choice like I did - will you accept the fact that your loved ones are sheep and accept the responsibility to do what is right for them? To do the hard work necessary to protect all of mankind and let go of your anger at those who are not awake? As unhappy as I am that I am in my personal battle alone while I have 3 able bodied siblings, I am doing the right thing and helping to protect the sheep.
It’s a lot of work. I’m not gonna lie. I get tired sometimes after spending hours on paperwork and phone calls dealing with my mother’s things only to have my father come up with yet another scheme to thwart me and, with the high cost of gas, running around on her behalf is expensive. I have moments of anger at my unawake siblings. I have experienced traumas with some other aspects of my parents that have added to the weight on my shoulders. Things I’ve seen that can never be unseen. Things that have ripped new holes in my soul.
But……
I made my choice and have let go of trying to wake them up. Because it’s the right thing to do and I choose to focus my energies on winning this war. For everyone. It was taking more of my energy being angry and wishing my siblings would do something than it takes to just do it myself.
Have you made your choice to be the Power of Attorney for mankind, or are you still using up your mental energies being angry at those still unawakened and waiting for them to do something?
so welcome!
Excellent article. Well done.