Before I write about the topic above, I want to say that my avoiding all media coverage of this campaign’s daily tit-for-tat has been great. I haven’t listened to this much music since that Moody Blues 8 track tape (ahhh, Knights in White Satin…).  The speaker-sized strobe lights and burning incense in our living room back in 1967, took me as close to Haight Ashbury as I would ever get. But there were flowers in my hair.

Back to the Apocalypse and the reality of current events. ISIL leaders, in their propaganda, foretold of The Final Battle of The Apocalypse that would take place in a nondescript village in northern Syria. That village is Dabig and is, or should I say was controlled by ISIL. Over the week-end they lost the village in just a few hours to Syrian rebels backed by Turkey. They (ISIL) have declared that the REAL Apocalypse battle will come at some other time. (Yeh, THAT’S the ticket…we had the wrong date).

On Monday, US backed forces began a drive to force ISIL out of Mosul in Iraq. In just a few days ISIL has lost ground in both Syria and Iraq. Keep an eye on Raqqa in Syria. It is the self-proclaimed capital for ISIL. All the ISIL members and their families will be migrating there. This will no doubt displace present residents and cause even more atrocities.

I would like to hear from the wives of the ISIL members. This cannot possibly be what they bargained for. I can see it now on Bravo:The Real Housewives of Raqqa. Get a few martinis in them and who knows what we’ll find out. I shudder to think how this show would compare to their counterparts in the US, Britain and Australia.

The forces that are continuing to battle and push back ISIL are US, Russia, Turkey, Iran, the Syrian government, Syrian rebels and Kurdish militia. The problem that exists is that many of these enemies of ISIL are also enemies with each other. Not great bedfellows.

Back to the Apocalypse, I know that it’s supposed to be a battle between Good and Evil. There’s obviously a difference of opinion of who’s the good guys. But like the song says, “Nobody is right if everybody is wrong”.

I believe that the Apocalypse will not be one defining battle. I believe it is a slow moving, steady, solid battle that we are soldiers in from the time we are born. We are fighting it daily, folks.

I am covering my battleground by living my life with enough compassion to counter the evil actions of another person somewhere on this planet. I believe that there are more good people than evil people in our World, and that is how the battle will be won. When the good people drown out the evil souls and all you hear is the Golden Rule being embraced, that’s the End Times to me.

I pick a daily imaginary “compassion vs evil” opponent. (I know they’re out there, I just don’t get specific). I try to use my day to create as much peace as I can. It can be done by sending a word of encouragement, smiling at and looking into the eyes of everyone I talk to and trying to give as many people a laughter vacation that I can. I look for their spirits and strive to continue to recognize that we are all equal. Hopefully the good Karma created by this approach can neutralize the negative Karma created by another citizen of Earth. Poopy people are everywhere but they are the minority and we can defeat them with a weapon they do not possess…compassion.

Just think…what if everyone waged this moral war. That’s a Yikes!

But in the name of open-mindedness, if and when I get the new date for the Apocalypse in Dabig, I’ll let you know so you can put it on your calendar…I’d suggest that you use a pencil.

With that being said, I will go back to listening to Sade.