We add layers to our lives; material and non-material, thinking we’re getting closer to the core of what we truly desire. In reality, we suffocate ourselves under the heap of additional clutter and distractions.

This shouldn’t be a divisive opinion, but it is. Debate is healthy, yet there is none. Standing up for what you believe to be good and true in the world had never created so much tension, yet this particular subject does. Why is that?

Personal choice is an essential cornerstone of our existence, one which is under dire threat from those whose fear has surpassed all level of reasoning.

By shining our bright light into the dark corners in which fear and hate resides, we expose it. It has nowhere to hide under the light of our scrutiny.

There is no such thing as anti-vaccine or pro-vaccine, there is merely the personal choice of what we believe is best for our individual wellbeing, and this needs to be respected.

At one time it was difficult to stay neutral in a conversation about covid, now, I feel better equipped to slide under the radar, maneuvering around conversations that used to bait and hook me. The words no longer resonate. I’m a ninja.

How quickly we’ve forgotten how cunningly the Nazis waged a war of mass manipulation against the German public, creating a breeding ground ripe for hate, fear and division.

It’s easier to shut down an opposing view with a condescending remark that it is to take into consideration what is being said and why.

We live in reality yet exist in illusion. One that most can’t recognise. It’s this mind-bending existence that makes living normally an utterly impossible feat.

The evidence that something is amiss is truly staggeringly. So why can some of us see the truth in such a clear light and others are so oblivious to it? Is it a conscious or subconscious choice not to see?