It might, heck, -check that- it does seem overwhelming at times. But that is the nature of this collectivist strategy. That is the purpose of this “great reset” bombardment. We must hold strong; you must hold strong.
If you look closely at the attacks that unnerve us, most of them are weak, and almost all of them are targeting your psychology. Do not fall into the trap of despair. Step outside of your home right now; look around, do you see any threat – or is the sense of fear and foreboding created by a dark imagining? If the latter, ask yourself, is the psychological attack working simply because you are allowing it?
You have purpose. If you walk into a room, and the people within it respond negatively to your presence, it’s likely because your disposition unnerves their demons. The need for control is a reaction to fear, and you have stopped pretending. As a consequence, you create fear amid those who maintain pretending as a survival mechanism.
When I share the message, “Live your best life”, it is not without purpose. Every moment that we allow the onslaught to deter us from living our dreams, is a moment those who oppose our nation view as us taking a knee. Do not allow this effort to succeed. You might ask yourself how I can, one person, a flea looking into a furnace, retain an optimistic disposition while all around me seems chaotic and mad?
Ultimately, the collective weight of leftism is putting us in isolation. There are many historic references to this disconcerting sentiment to review with hindsight. However, ultimately the feeling of isolation first begins with a rejection of God. Defeat dark imaginings by embracing Him. Stand in the light of a loving and purposeful God. Hold faith, and evil manifest will run away because the dark whispers will fall on impenetrable ears.
Yes, it is true; I will not deny it; all around us is this great sense of foreboding, ugh, and it’s not just connected to you – it’s everywhere. Everything being created by the constructs of those in power is weird; everything created around us is less comfortable; everything created around us is intended to project less joy – and as a consequence, it requires an intensity of thought just to carry on ordinary events. It’s exhausting at times.
Diminished faith creates anxiety, a sense of foreboding, a sense of fear and worry and a sense of trepidation. Additionally, evil tribesmen know the strategy to create the environment for control is isolation.
Isolation, the tool to remove hope, first begins with a diminishment of God. A faith-filled person is never alone.
Throughout history, large armies have been defeated through the process of division. It is not a leap to see the same strategic objectives being deployed against social assemblies with ridicule, labeling, targeting, diminishment. All of it intended to fuel this purposeful division.
Ultimately, it is the currency of human connection that is the true value in our lives. We have each felt how our positive influence upon the lives of others nourishes our own sense of purpose and fulfillment. Do not lose that.
Perhaps we are in this position today because we didn’t sit still enough and contemplate the real priorities in our lives. Fellowship is the essential ingredient to a purposeful life. I fight like hell to keep this website operating, to keep our community discussion ongoing, in the largest part because the assembly is the point. The connection is the most important facet.
On our prayer threads, and within our conversations, families return to see, read and feel the words from those we and they have lost. Do you know the scale of responsibility that comes from hearing the words of a granddaughter who visits CTH every year to read the words of her grandfather who has passed away? Can you imagine how hard you would fight to keep that ability present? We are more than just a conversation!
Perhaps tears flow at times, and we struggle to understand what this unusual anxiety is all about. Then, we begin to struggle with the feelings of shame or guilt for being weak and allowing our humanity to pour out of our human selves. Then, perhaps when needed most, our faith organizations are slow to understand the importance of fellowship and community amid an upheaval that seems unrelenting.
The insufferable lack of regional or national leaders standing tall only makes the anxiety worse. Where ARE the brave?
Where are the purposeful few who know the benefit of larger messages?
Yet, I do not fault their absence; I find value in it. Why, because the void reminds me to stop, look at that face I see while brushing my teeth, and remember the greatest strength of all is from within. Nothing has the capacity to remove the strength provided by a loving God unless we allow it to, unless we allow them to.
As our grip on our familiar surroundings becomes more tenuous. As we face dictates or mandates, or financial pressures that only exacerbate the issues, the ridiculous media drumbeat becomes an incessant noise intent on destabilizing us. Perhaps we cannot quite put our finger on why the impact is worse now, but it is. This effort of theirs is more impactful. It is all ugh. It is all just ugh.
If you find the assembly of these simple words familiar to your current sense, first understand YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Second, understand there is nothing wrong with you. This blanket of anxiety is laying across our entire nation, indeed the entire world, and no matter where we stand – we are all sensing a various level of this ‘ugh’ with some familiarity. However, that said, it is important to know this is transitional. We will not be in this place long. This too shall pass.
How do we shake these destabilizing feelings and emotions?
♦ The first way we shake this ‘ugh’, is to give to others without reservation. Giving with purpose is the true spirit of human contact. The giving is not related to money or wealth, the giving is related to our human purpose. Perhaps we give a smile. Perhaps we give a kind word. Perhaps we give a compliment, or perhaps we just give time to another.
Giving, is being present – talking, engaging… giving yourself.
Perhaps send an email; or better yet, write an actual penned letter to a dear friend or family member. Or just randomly, like right now, pick up the phone. Reach out and tell them they matter and express why their place in this life of yours is important.
Remind them of your specific thankfulness and connect to the purpose of why we endeavor in this thing we call life.
Years from now, what they will remember, what will have much greater impact, is today. That random message from YOU to THEM that they matter, that they are loved, will not be forgotten.
That moment you create, perhaps those multiple moments provided by your strength, will NEVER be forgotten. And don’t be surprised when you hear, “You have no idea how much I needed to hear that right now. Thank you!”
That look in your eye or sound of your voice that reached into them and emphasized their value, their worth, their importance. That is the gift they will remember in great detail, forever. If you write it down, they will cherish that letter forever and carry it with them in every move of their life.
The important thing is to give, and to do it without any other intent or purpose than to fill their heart.
♦ Within the giving, remind yourself what this journey is all about, and look around to recognize how fortunate we are to have this life. Choose to cherish the ultimate gift from a loving God who wants joy and hope to permeate our human sense.
Hope is the one necessary human element beyond all other facets of life. Give the gift of hope and light to those you love by first reminding yourself of the gift that a loving God has given us all. It is too easy in our human sense to forget the biggest gift we have been granted, the gift of life. The ability to live and choose how we engage in the lives of others.
Remind yourself of His kind of purposeful HOPE, because that hope is pure. That love is perfect.
No politics, or false sense of security, can overwhelm the message of HOPE that a loving God has provided. No effort of man or human disposition can surmount the greatest love of all. The message of grace and faith, the message of the purest truth, is bigger and greater than any great reset or legislative battle.
“No power of hell, nor scheme of man”, can come close to the purpose of God’s intent and love for you as a unique person qualified to receive that love.
Wrap yourself in the blanket of that unconditional love. Stop listening to the dark imagining, the whispers of foreboding.
Pause in the peace of the moment that you can create within your own mind.
Set down your troubles, pray, LISTEN and FEEL.
Love to all,
~ Sundance
Thank you, my MAGA Guru. Sending Blessings, Joy, Peace and Loving Kindness to all.
Namaste and MAGA 👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻
Mark 8:38. John chapter 14
“Wasting Your Life” a wonderful way to live?
Archbishop Fulton Sheen. What an amazing priest.
Perfectly said. Thank you for the fervent reminder.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
In addition to keeping my mind on Jesus, it has helped my spirit to block the onslaught of negative psy op.
No Cable tv or other news or commercials. I do listen to a conservative talk show (JTHarris in Phoenix) but don’t listen to commercials or the top of the hour news. I do this because I am convinced they are part of a psy op to hypnotize us into their accepted narrative.
When I watch tv I like repeats from many years ago on Roku and Prime where the good guy wins and there is no obvious woke nonsense.
I listen to Bannon Warroom and belong to many Substacks. With this limited routine I manage to learn everything.
And of course the “go to” site is CTH. Thank you for everything Sundance and bless you all.
When I tried a career in real estate sales many years ago there was a lot of mentoring and wisdom in the training about how to avoid the negativity that Sundance describes. People telling you NO over and over and over can be bad.
The best motivators honestly told us, do not allow people to bring you down. Get rid of them. Surround yourself with optimistic people that are better than you. As bad as it may sound, even if it is an old friend or family, if they continue to degrade your attitude, you must remove them from your life.
Thank you Sundance for sharing this excellent music, encouragement and wisdom with us. There is a spiritual battle being waged around us that believers and I think even non-believers can feel. It’s called by many names ‘Ugh’, a ‘dark cloud’,’the other shoe’ but we can push back by giving of ourselves to others. A kind smile at an elderly person in the grocery store could make a significant difference in that persons life and our own. Little kindnesses and always speaking and doing with the fruit of the spirit guiding us, can bring us and others comfort in these times.
Thank you again and again. There is a simple yet powerful saying, “Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered and there was no one there!”
Thank you Sundance. God bless.
I offered Mass today in thanksgiving for you Sundance.
Here are 7 common sense suggestions I heard Sunday that would if practiced help us all have a closer walk with Jesus and bring us hope, joy & peace in a crazy world.
Taken from John 15 regarding abiding in & having a real relationship with Christ.
1 Start and end your day with Jesus. Colossians 3:16 Let the word dwell in you richly.
2 Confess your sins immediately. Don’t give the enemy a seat at your table.
3 Cast all your cares on Jesus AND leave them there! (it’s definitely hard)
4 Offer thanks for the bad as well as the good things in your life, God uses our circumstances to teach us.
5 Ask for His protection & wisdom. The devil is real and does prowl around like a lion looking for our weaknesses to exploit and to harm us.
6 Be sensitive to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, give yourself time to listen for that still small voice.
7 Repeat all the above daily. Persevere despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.
God Bless Sundance & all the Treepers!
You have always been so eloquent in delivering your messages of inspiration. You may have outdone yourself here.
“it is important to know this is transitional. We will not be in this place long. This too shall pass.”
I just learned something about Truth and Fact.
Truth is how something should be, fact is how something is.
All people are born with innate goodness, Truth.
People do enormous harm to their fellow man. Fact
What we must strive to do is to bring fact closer to Truth.
Truth is this Country, Our America, is the greatest country on G0d’s green earth.
Fact is there are problems and challenges. Our purpose is to put things right.
Our generation, the one after that and the one after that, no matter how long it takes.
Sundance if you were standing in front of me right now, I would give you the biggest hug!!
We all must have done something right to be deserving of such a great place as The Treehouse!.
PS – that delivery of Amazing Grace, priceless.
Dylan was pretty good too.
Be Blessed CTH. You have blessed us.
IMO God is in control.
Sundance ,
You are Always the Soothing Balm ,, the Caring Comfort .
You Speak for Many of Us .
Thank You So Much 💘
“Illegitimi non carborundum”, don’t let the bastards get you down.
My father’s favorite saying!
Man I love this site. Always have. THAT rendition of Amazing Grace was moving. I often feel the tug of weird darkness thru the open window of social media, et al. I then turn it off and get busy. Prayer is incredibly powerful as well!
Thank you, Sundance and crew.
Thank you so much Sundance!! Your timing is perfect.
Amen.
As Americans we do not have a choice but to stand tall as we square off to face those who seek to enslave us, even if it is the Devil himself. FREEDOM is in our DNA, which runs through our every cell in our bodies, and there is NOTHING that the OBiden Marxist Jihadists, the WEF, the UN, or the ChiComs can do to change that. We may have a temporary failure of leadership in the country at the moment with the installed, demented Child Sex Trafficker-In Chief & his crime cabal in the White House, but those days will soon be a MEMORY, Patriots. In God We Trust, and may He have Mercy Upon America. Hang tough. There is the light and strength of God’s Kingdom on the horizon shining in the heart.of every one of His children.
“The connection is the most important facet”
true words..
what keeps connections going? righteous cause.
remember…always remember…when your purpose is true and righteous..that it is pleasing to God, the struggle stops. The weight lifts. it is not longer work…it’s becomes duty….passionate embrace of a life worth living.
be purposeful….be obedient to cause.
Long Soldier
God Bless America
Love you Sundance. From Texas. I’ve watched your heart for more than ten years now. You don’t have to say so but I can see with your writings you’ve made the climb many of us have made in recent years. Praise be to God and or lord and savior Jesus Christ.
“Yet, I do not fault their absence; I find value in it.” Sounds like the “Band of Brothers” speech from Henry V.
WESTMORELAND.
O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!
KING (Henry V).
What’s he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin.
If we are marked to die, we are enough
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires;
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God’s peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart. His passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse.
We would not die in that man’s company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
I so needed this. I was feeling overwhelmed by all the dark stuff on the jabs, the wars, the economy and prepping. Thank you!
Hey man……the shot of the sheep said it all.
Thank you so much for this article. I called my mom earlier and was saying all of these things and she said “go read CTH article, I just texted it to you”! It is EXACTLY how I feel and what I needed to read today. ♥️🙏🏼
I am reminded of the four “D’s” of satan.
Deceive
Doubt
Divide
Discouragement
This is truly a spiritual war and this article is an important reminder of how we need to ask God for help when needed.
There is power in prayer. I pray for our country and all those being persecuted by our government. I pray the truth will prevail and we can still save our country.
Thank you Sundance.
As Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries always says at the end of her weekly program. “It’s not that everything is falling apart, but that the pieces are coming together.”
Thank you, Sundance. I needed that. You reminded me I’m not alone.