Welcome to my regular Friday song/tune day, ladies and gentlemen, where I pick a piece of music that reflects my mood or the times, to share with you.

It seems the more powerful you are, the more controlling and paranoid you become. Unchecked, this paranoia can poison all relationships. The only way to maintain complete control is to spread paranoia and divisions throughout the lands and to suppress all dissent, even by previously good friends and neighbours. Some people would rather die than change course and they are prepared to take a lot of people down with them. This is what history has shown time and again. If the person has nukes and is callous enough to use them, then we are all in peril. In the meantime, lives will be lost in this latest, totally unnecessary, conflict.

It might be completely insensitive but one song about paranoia sprung to mind.

Find strength in peace instead of war.

Kind Regards.
Tracy.

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25 thoughts on “They Made Me Do It”

  4. I couldn’t agree more. A totally unnecessary conflict. When I heard the news, I had the fatalistic thought that I don’t need to worry about Covid any longer, since we’ll all be nuked anyway. Grim.

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    1. Don’t worry about Covid , Liz. I do that enough for both of us. Live the one life you have. There may be others but this is the only one we can be sure of. 🥴
      The current situation is worrying. I think nukes are the least of our worries. There are other equally scary options which can be easily deployed against trouble makers. I avoid naming it because it attracts less tolerant people here. Stay calm, Liz. One day at a time. At least one enjoyable activity a day. I’ll join you in that endeavour.

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      1. Thank you for your calming words, Tracy. I’m participating in a War and Peace daily readalong this year, which I’m enjoying a great deal–but now seems ironic in light of recent events.

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  5. Strength in peace – I share that hope. I’ve had a hard time finding my words all day, this is surreal… insane… Much as I wanted to, I wasn’t able to write something about it. Tomorrow, maybe… As someone who lives in a country sharing a border with Ukraine, thank you for acknowledging what’s going on. Although I can’t even begin to imagine what they’re going through…

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    1. Oh, Ana. It’s awful. I don’t feel I can offer you any reassurance that everything will be alright. I was mute too and that was from a distance. We are all neighbours, albeit some are closer than others. It is shocking but I think that dying may not be the worst thing that can happen to people. The undermining will continue. It’s okay if you don’t say anything. It doesn’t mean that you are lacking in compassion. Sometimes it is more helpful to do a kindness. There will undoubtedly be great need of that in the coming days, weeks and months. Take care, dear Ana.

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      1. Thank you for your thoughts and concern, Tracy ❤ So far, we do have a certain amount of security here, as a EU and NATO country. But I have to admit, last night in bed we were actually discussing when and how we should leave the country, if need be… "Should we take your car or mine or both? Germany or Italy?" I never thought I'd have that kind of pillow talk, and while there's no need for panic yet, I'd rather err on the side of caution. At least we have some options, unlike many others…
        Yes, you're right, there already is great need for kindness and compassion and actual help – thousands of Ukrainian refugees have already reached our borders and I'm sure more will arrive soon.
        I'm definitely going to write about this – not because anything I say can in any way make it better for these people, but because I believe we need to acknowledge the situation, we need to verbalize our anger. As average people, showing our disapproval is most likely the only thing we can do, so we might as well make use of our freedom of speech while we still have it.

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      1. No need to apologize, Tracy. I also believe there are things and situations far worse than death. I don’t think it’s tactless to say it, it’s just a very sad reality of the world we live in…

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