day no. 17,186: reality bites back and pipe dreams burst

“Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.” — G.K. Chesterton

When you forget that 2 + 2 = 4, your walls begin to fall apart. When you pretend that men can get pregnant, your repopulation rates tanks. When you act like you can force a store to sell bread for $1 when it costs $2 to harvest, produce, and ship it to the store, your economy is about to collapse. When you believe that the state in omnipotent, you are powerless.

Boys are not girls.

Rights from God.

Money does not grow on trees.

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." — Philip K. Dick

You can kick and scream against the world God made, but you have to use the legs and lungs He gave you and the air He provided.

Isaiah 5:20-21

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; 

that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; 

that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, 

and prudent in their own sight!

Reality always bites back and pipe dreams always burst.