Admission: I’m a wee bit weepy today.
Went to my room earlier and unloaded all I’m concerned about to my God.
Told him how disappointed I am in my fellowman.
The violence. The abuse. The racism. The lack of compassion. The stinginess with wealth, health, power, rights, and grace.
The brutality of those who are supposed to serve and protect us, the wicked wielding power, and the wealthy willful and willfully ignorant fueling and fomenting it.
White Supremacy. Why, Lord, is this even allowed to rear it’s pointy white head again? Why?
Why is a Handmaid’s Tale-like theocracy seeping out now along the sealed edges of our democracy, and an American Oligarchy rising like a yeast bread, lusting and legislating to reduce the rest of us to peasantry?
Good gods, I feel like David watching the wicked prosper.
Watching a president lie *literally* every day, obstruct justice, profit off his presidency, and expand his pyrite embellished brand rather than edify our nation or its standing in the world.
Watching my congressmen, churchmates, friends, and family excuse, ignore, and promulgate it all.
And I’m left here lamenting. Pissed. Wanting to bark and to bite, but not wanting to bark or bite because of the Jesus I know and desire to be like.
So I lament to my Lord . . .
. . . call my congressmen
. . . bake banana bread
. . . and pray for whatever it is I need — we all need — to resist this, get through this, overcome all of this, and . . .
. . . like June Offred of The Handmaid’s Tale . . .
Not let the bastards grind us down.
“Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum, bitches.”
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I hope that isn’t your tattoo because that is miles off of correct. The correct latin is in fact ‘noli nothis permittere te terrere’ (see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/noli_illegitimi_carborundum)
Fortunately I got this thoroughly checked before getting my tattoo
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Lol, no worries. It’s not mine. Though I do think it’s beautifully done. You may not be familiar with the tale yourself, but everyone who has read or watched The Handmaid’s Tale knows that the Latin used in this quote is a joke — or at least a young Latin learner’s attempt at one according to a key character in the story. How it ultimately ties into the story, especially for the heroine, is quite powerful. I recommend both the book by Margaret Atwood and Hulu’s version, which is all ready for you to binge watch its 13 Emmy nominated first season. Thus, this particular tattoo is considered a literary tattoo — one that references The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s not in any way intended to be perfect Latin. 😉