Consider Yourself Warned

I admittedly bore so easily with reading (not proud of this) that it takes a bit of eccentricity in writing to keep my attention.  I guess I feel a need to somehow prep the reader for the following blog entry.  The following has been burning a hole in my hard drive for sometime and needs an outlet good or bad.  So for all six of you who might read this consider yourself warned.

There are those who hear of wars and never experience them.  There are those who have experienced war through family and friends.  And then there are some who hear of wars and voluntarily experience the horrors it has to offer because they believe in something bigger than themselves.  We owe a great debt to these men and women who have been so selfless to preserve our freedom by their sacrifice.  Though it feels incredibly insufficient:    THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE!!!  GOD BLESS!!!

I invite you to come and experience a war that is raging even now.  To get there it is quite the journey.  The first leg takes us across the treacherous Sea of Motivation.  Honestly, most of our casualties happen within sight of our port of departure.  Most often those who venture this journey begin to feel sick almost immediately.  From the shore it’s a beautiful sea, but when you begin to really experience her for what she is, it changes the situation all too quickly.

Just beyond the sea there is an unseen war raging for a small parcel of land known only as Perception.    It is a war torn tract with all the reminders of its violent past, remnants of a once beautiful town now shrouded in a veil of grey.  Life here goes on, but only in the hues between black and white.  As far back as anyone can remember, war has been a part of life for the inhabitants of Perception.  When asked why they don’t move, the most common response alludes to a belief that all lands are a battleground of sorts.  As one could imagine most of the people of this land are well versed in the art of war, and there has been some interesting discussion as to the difference in the present war and the previous ones.  Though hope is scarce in this land there has always been a tale of the teliki machi (Final Battle).

It’s truly a curious thing: the ferocity of this battle for such an inhospitable land.  It offers little militaristic advantage, it yields no profitable crop, and it would be an almost impossible restoration project. Strangely enough it is for these very reasons that both sides pursue this land with such passion.  But the intensions for this land differ greatly depending on which side of the battle line you stand.  One contends that the land must remain in its current state, while the invading force intends on restoration and change. The oppressing force has been present for sometime in Perception.  Until recently there was seemingly no military that could stand against the power and tactics of the occupying force.  But the unorthodox strategy and unwavering dedication to the cause has helped the invading army to gain enormous amounts of ground in the fight.  For the first time the tides of war may be turning.