Just watched Lara Logan interview Clay Higgins. I like to research some when I’m listening to an interview. Higgins was born in 1961, so was I. Towards the end of the interview he said something I can very much relate to. He said that as a child, he thought that the most bad-ass badge there was is an FBI one. As a child, I also felt the same type of respect and looking up to.
It's 1969. I come back from school to find my mother in tears. She tells me that my father had an accident. I later discovered and investigated that the so-called accident was a political assassination plot because my father was running for high office. I grew up without a father, raised by my nanny and my mother to later hit the streets, and thank God one day I found my way training in a ninja dojo in Japan.
Most of my childhood heroes later turned out to be (in real life), just normal people with good and bad things , but were nothing near to what was trying to be sold. Same about agencies, institutions and so forth. Today, US Armed Forces have a hard time recruiting. Woke BS is only one of the main reasons why many won’t join. Forcing CCP Virus jabs was another big mistake.
Two heroes of the role models that still remain in my heart are John Wayne and Clayton Moore (Lone Ranger).
The main problem with governments, institutions, agencies, personalities is credibility and trust. What’s even worst, information has been censored in public square and media; this causes even a bigger mess that the one already created. The WEFs main concern this year was earning back credibility. With a straight face these loons blame it on disinformation.
There will always be corruption, weak and greedy people, evil and other bad aspects of human reality. Sometimes, in the history of countries, empires, there have been periods in which there was more light than dark, not because news was censored, but because it was felt in the air.
Today’s most ‘role models’ are as phony as a 9 dollar bill; products of modern degeneracy and civilization’s downfall, who apart from their role live lives of drugs, booze and adultery - just look at the tranny shows in schools!!
I was led into dark at 12 years of age, didn’t start seeing light till after 20. I went thru a lot of pain and also made life painful for those that surrounded me. Some 30 years ago, I knelt in a church and sincerely asked God for help. He listened to me, it has taken many years to slowly get over darkness and shine.
One thing I was told by my Sensei, some 25 years ago was that my words, intentions and actions should roll in that direction. I am not perfect, but have stopped doing anything I, or any of my students would feel ashamed of. I have fully trusted my life to God and Budo (Japanese traditional martial arts).
My past is a treasure that helps me help others. I’ve been there!
My present is the result of a dark past, hard work and a new day.
My future is one of light and hope.
I will not let down those that trust and like me, not because I am a super-hero, but because God shines a Light on me and I feel good doing good. We live in a dark stage of humanity, some believe it is the end of times.
We can only do so much to mend external situation, but can work to shine light from our inside to the outside, be an example. If millions of us doing this each in our own way, in the end will balance light and dark. In time, good people will again start to join armies, law enforcement, agencies, governments and institutions - all we have to do is keep on fighting and never give up.
May the Holy Ghost help us in every battle, let’s win this war!!
rick Sensei, 10th Dan - Senior Instructor.
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