For all the cheers and pleas to go back to work, getting back to normal was never that normal. It bears the question. Has the 100th monkey stepped into the equation or to put it in another way, have enough people tasted the sweetness of life to say back to work, OK, but not back to normal?

I have to admit to a sick fascination. I go to Facebook once a day. Yup, I know. I'm not proud of it. It's negative for the most part. It's unruly. Heck, it's like life but even worse, twisted and manipulated.

In my adult role on this planet, I'm part of the specialized news media. I dig into my topics which I know very well. I shriek in horror when I sit with mainstream news journalists. They ask the strangest question betraying they know nothing of the topic. I shake my head thinking they reach millions and get paid easily five to 10 times more than my fighting wages. It gets even more frightening when we realize most people go to social media sites to get the news... the same sites that are overrun with bots, manipulative algorithms, and trolls.

I go to Facebook to see what the world is like outside. Since I can't go out as much and my social interactions are compartmentalized to other people who walk their dogs, I have a distorted view of the world. Dog owners are happy people for the most part. You will find those who lean to the left and those to right talk to those like me who are so independent an independent party would make me run the opposite direction.

Still, going on Facebook -- and yes, I know there are good groups there -- is an exercise in applying an ancient hermetic concept of getting to the fulcrum to avoid the pendulum swing while being aware of it.

Can you guess what the next topic is? One of my favorite, The Kybalion!

I hear this story a long time ago but don't know where it came from. I thought it was perfect for our COVID-19 forced introspection.

The Source of All Things, or God as many call it gathered three of the biggest Earth gods, namely the god of the sea, air, and Earth. The Source of All Things wasn't happy with humans. They were not using their divinity well and were abusing it. You see, back then mankind could fly, warp space without ill-effects, and manifest anything. But it was resisting using divinity for its own betterment. The Source of All Things decided to hide it from humans so that they would develop a finer appreciation of this divine gift.

The Source of All Things asked the god of the seas where he thought humanity's divinity should be hidden. The god of the seas said that it would be best to hide it in the deepest depths of the oceans where mankind couldn't reach it.

After a brief moment, The Source of All Things said that one day mankind would learn to build sea vessels and explore every inch of the seafloor.

So then the god of the Earth said that it could be hidden in the deepest caves of the planet. But again, the Source of All Things said that one day too, mankind would learn to build vehicles and explore every inch of the Earth.

Finally, the god of the air shyly said they could hide it in the highest stratospheres... but again, the Source of All Things said that one day humankind would learn to build aircraft and fly to the highest reaches of the air.

Failing to see that the Source of All Things was also testing the gods of Earth, sea, and air, it paused and said: "Ah hah. Here's where it can be hidden. In a placed it will never think to look for. Right there, in the deepest depth of their hearts where silence rules supreme!"

Shelley Young's channeling of Archangel Gabriel is something I religiously read every day. I can't wait to read what she caught from the higher realms.

I think this one today is perfect after the yesterday's post about fearing the unknown within and how the idea we have of the unknown is often scarier than reality:

"The greatest co-creators on your planet are the ones who aren’t daunted by the great unknown. They connect into the realm of highest potentials with surrender, faith, flow, and trust, and then allow the process of how it is going to take on form to make itself known to them. ~Archangel Gabriel through Shelley Young"

So surrender with faith, go with the flow, and trust!

If I mention Shelly Young I should also mention my other favorite post I eagerly wait for every day, the Creator's Writing.

"You are inundated with information all day, every day.  Fact and fiction, fear and hope, love and hate…each one fighting for dominance in your (sometimes) overwhelmed system.  It is important to remember this; the only one ‘controlling the narrative is you!

There will always be suggestions on what to do, where to go, how to live and love but, it is your choice to decide what is best for you.  If you choose to be of love and you are accepting being pushed into fear, ask why.  If you choose to be kind and you are accepting being pushed into judgement, what is the trigger?  You are an autonomous creation and free will is yours! ~ Creator"

They both compliment one another most of the time.

Most French people grew up with the famed La Fontaine fable about the ant struggling away during summer while the grasshopper is partying telling it to relax. Although La Fontaine gets the credit, the fable is far older. The Grasshopper and the Ant is one of Aesop's many Fables.

The gist is simple. The grasshopper enjoys the summer days. It parties, plays music, dances, eats, drinks, and simply has a jolly old time. It sees the ant scurrying away food, working all day long, rarely taking a break. It doesn't understand the ant at all. It asks it why won't it relax and enjoy the summer days. But the ant holds fast to its strict discipline and tells the grasshopper that it is planning ahead. The grasshopper makes fun of the ant and continues on with its debauchery.

That is... until winter comes along and the grasshopper is left with no food, cold, and hungry. The grasshopper asks the ant for help. Hence the moral of the story is about the virtue to work hard and plan ahead for rainy days.

Does this sound eerily familiar? Most US families start their month with no money in their bank accounts. They rely on working to pay for their credits. It's not too difficult to predict the outcome with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the stay-at-home orders. It's easy to see how some are restless and worried about not being able to have for the four foundations; food, shelter, mobility, and utilities. So what will happen when many wake up in a few weeks with no resources?

Maybe this explains the back at work movement, although to the discerning, the excitement feels more like nefarious manipulations.

I didn’t come up with this story but heard something similar the other day.

I gave $100 to someone to see if any of their services might be of help during the uncertain times. That person quickly took the money and payed back their car mechanics they owed money. The car mechanics used that money to give it to their local grocery food store where they owed money. In turn, the grocery owner went to my friend to give him back the money he had owned him from a long time ago.

So here’s the funny thing. I finally told this person I went to see about their services that I didn’t find anything. I took my $100 back and went my way. And guess what happened? Nothing. The world didn’t collapse and everyone was happy.

You don’t need a high economic degree to understand that only 3% of US dollars bills are printed, meaning 97% of the time, our transactions are nothing less than electronic IOUs that are as weightless as outer space, or, in other word, pretty void :)

And as to why that picture insists on being sideways is about as unexplainable as to why things work out the way they do in life. Go figure!