“If you don’t control your mind, someone else will.” John Allston
The Cost Of Leaving The cost of leaving the defined mundane reality, that entrapment of manufactured truth comfort, taking time to see how anaesthetised we are, noticing how we are so easily formed in a bubble. That entrapment of manufactured truth comfort with out willing surrender to the thought police, noticing how we are so easily formed in a bubble, the discovery that there is life beyond the machine. With our willing surrender to the thought police, we join the herd of sameness, lowing compliance, the discovery that there is life beyond the machine is an emancipation, a spark of hope in the darkness. We join the herd of sameness, lowing compliance, taking time to see how anaesthetised we are, is an emancipation, a spark of hope in the darkness, the cost of leaving the defined mundane reality. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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A very relatable poem, Paul. When we deviate from the norm, there is always the possibility of complications! ❤
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Yes, sometimes it is a high price, thank you Cheryl
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Well done Paul!
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Thank you so much for that.
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I left the defined mundane reality a year ago. I don’t think it exists anymore.
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Well not for us, but it happens for others sadly.
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With you on this one Paul, comforting to read your thoughts, Sir.
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So nice to be in good company 😉
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You’re going to want to go back and change “out” to “our” in the repeating line…?
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follow me and me followed you ❤️
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🙂
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❤️❤️🫂
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Thank you Ana, I did see it, when I got up the next morning, lol, thank you very much 🙂
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We gotta look out fer each odda!
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🙂 we really do!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Many thanks Chuck
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Always a pleasure to read and share your posts, Paul!!
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Manufactured truth seems to be the name of the game! We want so much to believe our perspective is right that we will believe any thing anyone says that supports it! Very sad… whatever happened to thinking and common sense??
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Commonsense seems to have been suppressed somehow and I despair that many people think critically these days, hoping the next gen might pick up the ball again.
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:>) We hope so!
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🙂
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I agree with Liz, mundane reality is not existing any more…
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I see it in others though, but they’ll have to find their way 🙂 Thank you Amy
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Thank you 🙂
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Great challenging pantoum – amazing
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Thank you very much.
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