Like I said I do not miss the world I left behind. It wasn't quite out of free will but I was prepared. Being prepared for the worst makes a world of difference.
I was because I read 'The other paper', I was lucky to have friends who kept me updated. Friends who just like me read between the lines, not between the lines only but they read books.
It's amazing how many books written in the past 150 years predicted what would happen. The plan was announced, genocide was but the mass preferred to stay blind. They called it a conspiracy. Even at the time, proof after proof was published they kept saying it was one big lie. I saw what they did and learned a lot from that time. I learned that those who shouted at loudest are those who fear most. It's not death they fear but being banned and called a terrorist, an outlaw. Those of them left...once a while I think about them. I hope they are happy they made it. I hope they feel safe and have a good life. A life that fulfils them. A life where they are free to go and do as they like together with people who think exactly like them. To these people that would be the ideal world. All birds of a feather flocking together. No need to start fights about different opinions, who's wrong or right. The only thing to do is exist. To them, it's comforting if others tell you what to do. What to wear, when to eat, speak, go to bed. Laziness and boredom will no longer dominate their lives.
Back then, it was the year 2021, 2022 I saw so many people drop dead. The streets were covered with corpses. The police were out of tents. No one investigated what happened. It wasn't the killer virus they warned us for though. Something else caused it. Pfizer knew, we all did but once dead it was too late to fight it. I learned we don't care about side effects if it doesn't affect us. We, humans, are selfish and indeed I am one of them. I tried but you refused to listen so I came to that point I had it with it. Old, dirty, fat men ruling over others are not my kind of people. I've always been free and was willing to fight for it.
Can one person change the world? I'm sure he can and that's what I did. I changed my world into something good. Something fitting me. I truly believe that's what life is about. Doing what is the best for yourself no matter if you see life as a gift. It's you who has to decide. You can be a victim or play another role. It's not so hard as it looks like being your hero. I learned that all I did I did for freedom. Yes, you can call that selfish but selfishness isn't a bad thing. Each invention, step forward is the result of a selfish human being. Ever thought about that?
If you ever read this I hope you will be in good health. I hope you found what you were looking for and you are treated well. Know that I haven't forgotten about you although you are no longer part of my life either I am of yours. While I left the city to live a life in the country you stayed. Perhaps you still live in our old house? If so I think it will look different. You always loved modern life and wanted the best what technology could give. You said I was old fashioned and should adopt all those great new futures. They would keep me alive and safe once I would be older, once I had the same age as your grandmother had as we left.
I wonder if you remember her. Did you understand why she left with me? She has always been a hard-working woman. She had to from the day she met your grandfather. At that time he was a fisherman but soon he would sail the seven seas. Those seas you never visited, smelled or did swim in. Can you swim at all? Back then the seas, oceans and rivers are clean. We didn't die as we went inside or drank the water. Water without additives and E-numbers we only know about what they want us to know which is it won't harm us.
We left and like I said we left everything behind nevertheless we became more healthy. Can you remember how your granny felt? How hard it was for her to stand up, to walk, to get herself dressed? At the moment I said I would leave she was close to death. Your grandmother was at the point she wanted to jump off the roof. She no longer wanted to live. For her, the world has gone crazy. Everything she has been through, the wars, the mass graves, the hate, polarisation, the fallen heroes and rebuilding entire nations...she went through it, barely survived as her parents lost their lives. Don't feel guilty, please, don't. I consider myself lucky because I had it all even more than I needed or could handle.
Television, cellphones, 5G, QR-codes, computers, all this technology was too much. All I wanted and still need is peace and rest. Peace for all of us, peace of mind. It's what we found here on the island they sent us to. My dear, this is a great community that we built together. So many skilled, creative, colourful, beautiful people. Do you remember how it once was? The diversity of the society we lived in? All those talks we had, ideas and opinions we shared in the old world. I want you to know they are not lost. It's still there, we are alive. The know-how isn't lost because we were sent away. We do it our way. We said goodbye to high tech, big pharma and trash. We don't need it to measure CO2 or count our footprint.
Life became so much easier and we feel more complete. I noticed I do what my ancestors did. I look at the sky and know how the weather will be the next few days. We don't need the weather forecast to say if it will be a rainy or sunny day. If you live outside, are one with nature you feel it. You see it at the trees and if you observe the beasts you can tell. Indeed we have animals here. We all live in harmony and share this island. It's not like Robinson's island but it's beautiful and your grandmother loved it. She said this is home where she belongs. We are no longer together. She passed away in peace. She smiled in her sleep. It was a few days ago that we honoured her. No sailor's grave like your grandfather but she is at the megalith, the one we as a community built. It is such a nice place and I feel fortunate to be here. I live in such a nice cottage not very different from the one I went to as this all started. I have flowers for the first time in my life and here I found everything I hoped for. This is paradise, how that garden of Eden they spoke 2000 years about must look like. A perfect place under the sun. You can smell the sea sit on the beach and simply enjoy. It's hard to imagine I was born as a sick child and had to take medication, visit hospitals at least three times a week. You cannot imagine how happy I am I already gave up on doctors before the reset started. All those specialists believed they were almighty but never had the intention to cure. I hope you are healthy dear and you found what you were looking for. I imagine you still live in what once was our house. If so it will look different and most likely I won't recognize it. You always wanted to change it into something super modern. "It has to be ready for the future," that's what you used to say. I'm sure you found a way. Did it your way and you live in your dream home.
Now I am writing this I realize we all did it our way. You did what was good for you and I did what was the best for me. Though we are separated we made the best out of the great reset. We both did build back better together with those we met thanks to the nation's polarization. Remember that because that's what our strength is. We'll always arise. It may take years but we fight for our freedom and will always build back better.
The rain is on it's way. I counted the seasons. If you still use the calendar year of the old days it is the end of the year 2065.
The story above is the follow up of day 4 Guilty
Prompt used: weather forecast
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