Good Evening to all, hope y’all had a great day! We are going to just jump right into it and quit lollygagging around.
So first I have a question to pose to anyone reading this. I have been told now on multiple occasions by multiple different people that I should start a podcast. They have all said that there are a lot of Veterans out there who would like to hear what is on my mind, so what do y’all think, should I jump on it and start speaking my mind? Weekly podcast show? I am gonna start looking into it, maybe that will become a thing.
Ok, now down to business, so we have been talking about the mind and how dark it can be a whole lot of the time. We just have to remember that we are not alone, I know when we are in that place it feels like it, it feels like we are surrounded by negativity and that we are all alone, it feels overwhelming, it feels like we cannot breathe, it feel like a heavy weight on our chest, and we think things that we normally never would. But even in the darkness, we need to remember that we are not alone. Last night I shared something very personal. I have allowed myself to speak freely and openly with the thought that if even 1 person reads it and realizes they aren’t alone and it helps them in some way, then my vulnerability was worth it.
We all know the VA sucks, and we all know that they do not give a shit about us. All we have is each other, and we gotta have each others backs, because we are the only ones who are gonna be able to stop the 22+ a day. There are a whole lot of really great people and organizations out there, fighting this endemic, and trying to save us. I know that when you are all in your head in the midst of all the darkness, you think no one cares, no one understands, and everyone would be better off without you. I know those thoughts are in your head, because I have had the very same thoughts. There are people out here, like myself, who give a shit about you – even if we have never met, who care about you, who don’t want anything bad to happen to you, and don’t want you to become part of the statistic. We fight daily until the number comes down to ZERO, THEN we fight daily to keep it that way. The VA won’t help us, there are definitely angels that work there, and there are some really good people, but unfortunately they are unable to help like they would like to because their hands are tied. The powers that be, the ones who make the rules, the “leaders” (Damn I just threw up in my mouth a little bit writing that word out because they are FAR from leaders), have never and will never care about us, they are checking the boxes, while they utilize as few resources as possible and save as much money as possible. I mean, have you seen what the higher-ups salaries are yearly? Then you have their federal pensions on top of it. Current guy “in charge” (as of a July 3, 2021 article I saw) was running a net worth of $3 Million, and that was almost 2 years ago, so it has only gone up I am quite sure. It really blows my mind that they put people in charge of the VA who have ZERO military experience, “businessmen” who have usually spent their entire careers politically in one form or fashion, yet they are supposed to care about us, pfffft yeah right. They have completely politicized the VA, and until something is done to fix that problem, the VA will never be fixed, they are yet another “agency” in this crappy administration that is being politicized and used to fuck us all over, and they do it every single day.
Anyway, as always, I love every one of y’all, especially my fellow Vets, if ANY of my fellow Vets need someone to talk to, please reach out to me, I am ALWAYS here for you. Just remember – YOU ARE LOVED, TOMORROW NEEDS YOU, WE NEED YOU, WE LOVE YOU!
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