It’s a fine Sunday morning, which means it’s time for some alt | We The Media

It’s a fine Sunday morning, which means it’s time for some altitude with reverence.

Yesterday we closely followed a military action on the part of Iran that could turn into anything from a limited act of warning to the spark for WW3.

Where is your mind on the apocalypse meter? Did you immediately project the worst possible outcome? Are you already living through WW3 in your mind or did you keep the attack in perspective and let it play out?

Israel has announced there were no casualties from Iran’s missile strike. That means the “crazy, evil” Iranians were tactical and surgical without attempting to take human life. How many times have I observed this of Russia? Those crazy, evil regimes we keep hearing about seem to be measured and controlled in reality. Iran blew up stuff, not people.

So, we got lots of noise and no reported Israeli deaths. It seems more likely that we will have deescalation than a global conflict. Again, who knows, but the point is, we should take the future as it comes. It’s often much better than we think it will be.

So many people, and I am not innocent of this, jumped to WW3 yesterday. But, a global kinetic war is not something that just crops up. It simply isn’t. There are too many people in positions of power with a decent head on their shoulders and a reasonable respect for peace and human life. In all of human history we are up to two; two global kinetic wars. They are pretty rare.

Yet, like happens all too often, yesterday, like many days, became just one more doomsday in the minds of far too many people.

Too many of us spend a lot of time torturing ourselves over futures that never materialize. We get addicted to all-is-lost doomsday scenarios.

The problem is, living with doomsday everyday will make it very hard to enjoy the wonderful things that life has to offer. You are experiencing this life through mortal eyes. You have to allow them to see what is good and grand and beautiful. You have to be able to see a bright future, else why continue to rise in the morning?

Since we are all still here, your apocalypse hasn’t come yet. How many have you expected? How many things have you expected to turn out for the worst that worked out for the best? How many times do you think you need to live through an apocalypse that never comes?

Much of what we have learned in the past seven years is that things work out in marvelous and unpredictable ways. We have learned that God wins, and that there are good people acting as his agents.

Do not be so quick to project a negative future or an terrible outcome. The future is brighter than you think.

God wins.
We win.
Stay comfy.
Stay faithful.