Life Preserver

By Tammy Derouin

We are all products of our experiences.  Everyone will encounter a wide range of emotional events in their lifetime.  On the scale of life, we sometimes have to journey to those outermost ends of the scale.  We experience extreme highs, which we never want to end and miserable lows, which can’t end soon enough.  Finding a spot which keeps life reasonably balanced is most desirable.

As much as you would like, you cannot control everything in your life.  There will always be outside forces which will try to influence your spot on the scale. Numerous experiences will enrich your life. Many individuals and events play a positive role in shaping the path you travel.  There are also experiences where individuals or events will attempt to destroy you.  Finding a balance during such difficult times isn’t always easy. 

How you handle outside, destructive forces, plays a big part in how or if you survive the attack.  Sometimes you end up floating in misery for a while; that’s life and it’s unavoidable.  But, knowing when the life preserver has been thrown and then grabbing a hold of it, puts the control right back in your hands; tipping the scale back in your favor.  There comes a time when you have to decide, are you going to wallow and more than likely drown or are you going to swim and attempt to survive?

It truly comes down to survival.  Once you realize that your life and your liberty are priceless gifts, you will do everything you can to protect and defend them.  It isn’t always easy but, that which is worth having is worth fighting for and most certainly defending.  Security measures must be put in place so that you and your little piece of the world are not invaded and destroyed.  Without life and liberty, happiness does not exist.

Evil will disguise itself in order to acquire more victims.  It baits and traps its prey with a persuading smile, a convincing argument and that ever so popular and soul destroying, free sample. You begin to believe that the path they are pushing is truly better.  You ignore all the warning signs and that little, uneasy feeling in your stomach.  If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Evil creates chaos and confusion in an attempt to manipulate and sway you down the dark path.  What better way to knock you off kilter than to make attempts to discredit and put into question everything you grew up believing and understanding to be true?  It will mock and ridicule everything you hold dear. You are slowly deceived and eventually begin to believe that disguised evil knows best. 

The powers which are trying to influence you are desperate.  They need you to make them more powerful.  Without you, they do not exist. Unattainable promises are continuously made in an attempt to get you to support them.  Just in case you still have reservations, they will even find a way to pay for your journey; the first attack on your soul.  What harm could come from a free trip?

They want you to believe that they are only trying to help.  An illusion is created.  But, it will only last a short amount of time.  Once you get a little further down the path, you will drop your defenses.  The gate will close, the shackles will detain you and the true evil of their destructive agenda will come to light.  Freedom and the ability to control your life were foolishly left at the gate.   There’s no such thing as a free trip.

When the government veers too far left or too far right, we begin to encounter evil.  Our country is a product of our experiences. It is a good example of how badly things can go wrong when you travel too far from center.  We will always have outside forces which will try to influence our standing.  I never wanted to believe that inside forces would attempt to destroy us.   Individuals in our government, who were elected (I think) by the people, have worked to destroy us from within.

The time has come.  Are we going to grab the life preserver and attempt to survive or are we going to wallow in misery?  If we ignore her crimes and the truth, Mrs. Clinton will be put in a much better position to continue the assault on our freedoms and the destruction of our country.

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.  We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream.  It must be fought for, protected, and hand on for them to do the same.”

Ronald Reagan