This is a blog of things I've observed, like so many others around the world, recently. The headlines, for quite some time, have been filled with reports of stampedes of Illegals/Imigrants at the southern or other countries' borders. Another migration of folks to states or places more likely to favor their beliefs. Still, in other places in the world, people are fleeing for their very lives from monsters in power who have fantasies. Believing they have superior powers to recreate everyone's world and caring not for the harm it does to anyone else's life. Delusions of grandeur of the world during a dream or from childhood memories. There seems to be herds of humans migrating to someplace else. Once there were thousands. Now, many millions of displaced souls.
That trend isn't really anything new. It is a situation that has existed for millennia. People have always been forced to pick up from wherever they are and wander to another place. The reasons have been as many and varied as anyone could name.
Wars force migrations to escape the butchery and atrocities that seem to present themselves at any time period. Places showing the term “mankind” to be as big a farce as the word civilization. Human nature, but still listed as an animal species, which can better plan the butchery of others through an alleged higher intellect.
A very good example in this country is the number of human beings whose lives were destroyed and who have no way to recover a social standing of any kind. Those who are living in the wealthiest country in the world at one time. Those who ARE the homeless and living in filthy conditions on the street. This is proof of mankind's passion to drive people into controlled environments. That created a negative environment is meant to destroy and take away everything they had. This includes their Dignity. It's so very easy to fall from social grace these days, Credit history, Social history, and so on.
Can you imagine what aliens looking on our world would think to see the morally bankrupt goings-on in this carnal world? I doubt Vulcans would ever set foot on this planet in that reality.
Other times, the herd is moving to find food or water. The Starving African Children we have seen on television for decades are a good example of mismanaged governments, plagued by greed and war.
The commercials of the elderly Jewish folks in the cold, freezing, and starving begging for help are another example of the “Human-Kindness” of People who did escape the hellish places of death camps. Now only to suffer and die. Their own people, rich with history, are not paying much attention. Much of mankind's suffering is caused by obsessive individuals who do not really need other persons (fill in your own blanks here).
I lived with my dad and mom, next door to a man who was so obsessed with owning the little 50×75-foot piece of land my parents owned that he spent every moment trying to drive my family off it. His obsession then transferred to his daughter. She continued her dad's obsession, even after he died, and his house was sold, and he moved.
He returned to that house and the new owner to poison the people who had not met us. The current situation in Ukraine is like that. A single person who has lost reason to greed will do whatever is possible, no matter the cost. My family dug in and refused to migrate. I would fight that kind of obsession to the gates of Hell. Bullies have a tendency to bring out the warrior in me.
Another type of migration is underway in America amid political and social unrest. The lockdowns destroyed many lives. Then the political buffoonery shut down our country's ability to be independent. After an “election?” that has shaken our country and the world to its trembling knees. The destabilization for the last 2 years has left broken lives and broken dreams.
Many have lost everything as the jesters in power shake their jester bells and dance foolishly to slogans printed on the ridiculously priced costumes they model. Meanwhile, WE THE PEOPLE decide not to say thank you. Please, sir, may I have some more, sir? So we do our best to adapt…
I was blackballed from my apartment a while back. I wasn't diverse enough, I guess. Another renter was up at 5:30 every morning. Not so bad, right?? But every morning, he wandered the halls with the landladies' blessings, throwing bottles of condiments (mayo, ketchup, etc.) at the doors and in the hallways that renters had to walk through. He tore down and destroyed my deserderata poster (a beautiful poster for peace)that was a one-of-a-kind collectible worth $600, a misdemeanor/felony, along with his others. After that, he threw a brick through the front window of the apartment.
Nothing was ever done to him. They simply moved him each time he chalked up another misdemeanor or felony. The sheriff told me he was instructed not to do anything to the guy. I was later told the guy was quoting LG XYZ or whatever and had left his other. They wouldn't prosecute, and he didn't have to reimburse any of the dozen people whose possessions he had destroyed.
The landlady had a soft spot in her heart, and when my lease came up, she said I had harassed him and that it was not renewable. I had never even known he existed till I walked out to go to work with food all over.
At this point in my article, you are asking,” So what's that got to do with the above things.
Read on, and it gets explained.
This is how some of what I write is happening. About that other migration, It is in my country. The USA.
That economic dumping of many of our lives has made many of us very creative in our lifestyles. Much to the chagrin of those still locked into the” nice lil houses with nice lil picket fences and 2 girls n 2 boys with a job you hate, neighbors like my parents had ETC.ETC.infinatum. In an old cliché, Barf me out with a spoon! I found myself sleeping in the cab of my pickup truck because I couldn't get an apartment. Blackballed with nowhere to go, money in my pocket. Hey, wait a minute. Money in my pocket from no rent. Money in my pocket from no Cable bill. Holy mackerel! I went to a library. The place that holds all the knowledge and experience of the world. Where better to get advice? After a few days of looking up survival advice,
I came across an article titled "RV Nomad." You might check it out. It leads me to build my own home. Actually, a DIY slide-on camper for my pickup. I found I could build in all the comforts of home in a tiny space. I have free electricity from wind, rain, sun, and of course, landline when I can. It has a sink, hot and cold water, fridge, 2-burner stove, tiny collapsible oven, microwave, and cupboards above my kitchenette. I have a double-size bunk. Batteries with a 110volt unit. Toilets and showers are easily found at truck stops and fast-food places when I stop for a bite to eat. My camper has a propane fireplace. Nights when it is 17 degrees outside, I can rest assured it's 65 inside. Those experts at living on the road for free saved my life. So I did more research. Remarkably free and very adverse to staying out of trouble. Not homeless and living under a bridge, defecating in public. These are not vagrants who are locked out of society. Many are better off than most of us in many ways.
More than 640,000 people have retired, quit, been laid off, or had their lives turned upside down by a variety of events. They one day looked around and said, screw it, leave somebody else do it. Not worth it anymore. They see that family or that school bus that now houses a person or family. It is sometimes crude and thrown together. Other times, it is an absolute work of creative genius, having everything a tiny house would have. All or most of the comforts of home;
I met one of these folks in a hard wear awhile ago, just after my apartment nutcase episode above. She was looking over the PVC piping for her home/bus. I found her congenial, and I was impressed by her independence. She told me her journey was forced on her, like that of other RV Nomads. A term I had never heard before. I have learned much since. I told her about my own DIY camper that had made the internet and was making me an almost local personality. It is to be a forced event as I have been blackballed on a national organization out of Massachusetts that lists bad risk in apartments. It is apparently nationwide, with no recourse to the individual. So you're in the street after 5 years, no problems.
Some of these folks are products of a broken life. Some are leaving for reasons like mine. Others are retirees who need some rest after raising a family. Many are creative people who live extremely well, somewhat off the grid. These are the folks who don't throw up their hands to fall down that slippery slope that ends up in a cardboard box in an alley, mumbling to themselves. They look around at what they have. They then study the needs to what they hope to obtain. That's really all I did. Looked at my situation, realized what I lost, and used what remained with a bit of ingenuity. Anyone can live freely with enough study and preparation.
These nomads live free and still make ends meet financially; they may start out living in the seats of their autos. They rarely stay that long in this situation. But many find the life of freedom they like and stay that way. Most now have some money and, in time, buy a bus or whatever to install solar panels, a stove, a fridge or cooler, and a place to sleep. Maybe a TV or TV projector. I live quite well in my tiny home. I have battery-powered power tools to repair and rebuild. I am not homeless, I am houseless, not homeless.
Not only that, but I have already been approached by the police asking me what I was doing there and where. I tell them I am not a vagrant, have money, and a job. We shake hands after I show them my solar array on my roof, propane fireplace inside, kitchenette, big TV, and stereo center (Mini-sized). Internet with a fold against the wall desk to write on, 3 terabytes of disc backup a microwave coffee maker n 40lbs o propane. The last trooper shook my hand and asked if I would help him build his boat like my camper.
I am always asked how I support myself. Where does your mail go? There are tons of ways to make money out here. I would advise you to not think we are outlaws. Nothing so stupid as selling guns, dope, yourself, or whatever is worth losing your freedom. The new sunrise in the morning and a sunset at night are indescribable if you don't ever get to experience it when truly freed from the chains society lives in. As to how to support yourself if you're not retired with that income.
The internet which I also have onboard allows you to work a store online to sell Amazon as an affiliate or just start your own among a thousand others like it, if you write, for yourself or as a ghostwriter. Travel with craft people, make things, and write an E-book to sell online. Many folks just write about what they encounter as the ride progresses. You must have some interests to make a profit on.
Every time a nomad encounters another, it is usually a friendly trade of information. Each time, it will build your knowledge base. There are many sights to look at on the net. No computer smarts needed, just go to a public library and punch in DIY camper or RV nomad or Pinterest for ideas. I have found that the Things that you own are a fiction. A trick of society with your mind. All those things actually belong to you. You are the stuff prisoner.
If you don't believe this, remember the first item you bought for your home or apartment. If you can remember that, add the things you had to buy to it later. Most folks can't because it became your life's possessions, or it became what you had to work and slave for to exist. A trade for your freedom that you will never know. A trap that is redundant to your death. Then another slave to society buys your stuff and carries on the march of redundancy, and so on and so on. redundent,isnt it. Think of this negative for a moment,t folks.
What if you now buy that stuff and sell it to some one over the net.Your not burdened with it and your Making a living from anywhere.A negative you're making into a positive for yourself.
There's a huge network of apps on your cell phone with camps, stores, and places to enjoy life, Things to see, and places to go.
If your capable of working theres also many places to work for awhile to earn abit of money along the way. These too are listed online.'
Maybe for the first time in your life ever, you find the fears you had are only a shadow you can walk through and see courage and freedom on the other side of fear.
So many intelligent and inspiring folks are moving about the country of all ages. Some with kids who are better educated than in conventional schools. "Children" of all ages can get online to go from pre-kindergarten to PHD. Much of it is free to find and use. If you're a teacher, mentor, blogger, counselor, etc. You can make money coaching virtually.
Those people whom I mentioned above in this article have left most everything behind to live free. Excess baggage that is. There are things that can happen soon enough to make life a burden.
I find drinking a cup of coffee with a camera at my side, beside a river, with wildlife and fresh air, is something I have missed for too long. I sit here typing my articles in this free atmosphere. Still unwinding from the insanity, I hope to one day see it fade into a memory. I have often heard that anything you survive and live through,makes you a stronger person. Most of those out here can affirm that, with firsthand experience to back it up.
It is all in the way you think of things. All the things you have are all the things that hold you prisoner till you die. The experiences you trade for that which is really your keeper. Join The Nomads in Quartzite, Arizona at the huge rally of RV Nomads,I think you may find that life in the truly FREE world is a refreshing way to live. It does take a while to get the hang of it, but it's something no one can actually describe.
When you vacation and then go home, it's never going to be like when you take that job and go home with you to places you dreamed of vacationing. Currently, I am educating myself to trade some stock at some point. That, too, is a learning curve you can get online. Billions love to talk about how they became billionaires. There are millions of folks on chat sites dedicated to their passions.
Whether on land or sea, a nomad is a pioneer, as in days of old, with space-age technology that early explorers would have considered witchcraft. But there is a learning curve that whips you into shape through some hard lessons travelers encounter. Learn from those already there and avoid the whole stress scenario. All in All its a good life.
Till next time, folks, take care and seek what truly makes you free and happy. Life's just too short to be so chained. Learn to live in the moment with a background of pre-wisdom onboard, and the rest will fall into place in time.
God Bless and take care. Look for my many other articles on Blogger and WordPress at The Patriotic Philosopher site,
RJP
