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Joanna Perry-Folino's avatar

This is what happens when people betray the public trust. It should be a commandment taught in churches and schools

My dad told me at 7 when I asked him a question about why he was spending so much time fixing a whirligig at the hometown playground he was hired to repair. His words resonate in me every single day: never betray the public trust, he said with a fierceness I had not seen before. We have as citizens been betrayed again and again and again until there is no trust or faith and little hope left. And there you have it.

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Ned B.'s avatar

Yes, public trust, an implicit agreement and, as you note, now a multiply broken agreement. Violations of trust cause a psychological damage more insidious than mere assaults.

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Michelle's avatar

When I was 5, I won an art contest for drawing a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I had drawn a picture of my futuristic self, dressed as a doctor, helping a child that was sick. I went on to go to architecture school and have practiced as an Interior Designer for the past 18 years. This morning I thought to myself, I would like to go back to school and fulfill that childhood dream, and become a Naturopathic doctor!

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Ned B.'s avatar

Truly an noble aspiration, Michelle. My brother has been an NMD, Naturopathic Medical Doctor, for 30+ years in private practice (hence not tied to any hospital system). It was he who advised me in December 2020, after reading the Pharma documentation that the "vaccines" neither prevented infection nor transmission, that he thought they were worthless and that he wouldn't be taking them. Based on his guidance (he has never broken my trust) I declined taking the vaccines when they became available.

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Michelle's avatar

As it relates to the story, my trust in Doctors I once knew, went out the window 3 years ago. I’m grateful I didn’t become the Doctor I had envisioned as a child, but instead went the scenic route, to become what I am today. Highly intuitive, health conscious, spiritually fit, who loves learning and growing to be the best version of my true authentic self.

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Donald Wood's avatar

Very good Ned. I do not trust any humans even though I like them and love many. I only Trust and love God! We have been told in the Book that he loved us first and always, and cannot tell a lie He commands my trust and I willing give it.

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Ned B.'s avatar

Thank you, my mom had a sincere religious devotion such as yours.

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remoteviewer57's avatar

Truth Ned!

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TriTorch's avatar

Incredible crisscrossing of history and experience my friend.

Slug to butterfly is a painful journey. It’s meant to be, otherwise mental, physical, and spiritual growth grinds to a halt. Very glad to hear your father made it out of this internal treason unscathed.

We cannot grow wiser without encountering resistance. This push and pull chisels the curvature of our character. It is painful but there is no other way to build an armor against the evil that lives and breathes all around us.

“Man cannot remake himself without suffering. For he is both the sculpture and the architect.”

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Mikhael's avatar

Outstanding, Ned.

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