By Anna Von Reitz
When I got up this morning, I had 48,332 emails in my inbox, and 8,113 of them were marked as "Urgent" or "Personal" or "Private" or "Government Business".
I literally get a hundred telephone calls a day. Minimum.
And piles of mail at two locations. I do mean -- piles of mail, more mail than one person could keep up with in a hundred years of hard trying.
Among the other slander I have suffered lately is the complaint that I am "not supportive" or "not responsive". I am "not doing my job" ---though I am unaware of having a job description, and God knows, my paycheck is apparently lost in the mail.
Given the facts, it's amazing that I get anything done but respond, respond, respond all day long, every day, 18 hours a day, seven days a week, non-stop.
The plain fact is that I CAN'T answer all these emails, phone calls, and letters.
I and those helping me are doing our best, but as volunteers running an all-volunteer organization, and as mere men and women who have to clean our own toilets and cook our own dinners --- we do what we can that is all we can do.
So don't be offended if I don't get right back to you, or if I don't get back to you at all. It's not that I am snubbing anyone. It's that I can't do it all, and we as a group are doing all that we can with the resources we have. Sometimes, too often, things simply overwhelm us and it is like being in a flood.
I also can't be available on demand to help with projects that other people have taken on. I try my best to keep everyone safe and operating within the law. I answer questions as I can, and that's about the best I can do.
Recently, I observed that The Living Law Firm is after the Arsonists and we cannot get bogged down fighting the brush fires. I said that and immediately got another two hundred appeals to help with court cases.
We are stretched beyond paper-thin in all respects.
Bear with me. Literally.
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my prayers are with you anna, let me know if I can help. roy, iowa state coordinator.
ReplyDeleteGods bless your perseverance Anna. I am hoping to one day fund you generously. Praying for you all until then
ReplyDeleteCan a succinct (one - two line) statement that fully embodies the above message be added in the top paragraph of this blog? ......... I believe this situation very-well deserves to be fully noticed on an ongoing basis.
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I think that notice can help cut down on the "flood." However I don't expect it will eliminate the "overwhelm." Some essential organizing in regards to these communications could help as well or possibly even more so. Based on Anna's birthday she is not now or very soon going to be in a "4" year which would be the year to build organizationally. Therefore the possibility of contributions toward organizing may probably have to come from among all the other volunteers. There is more I could say on this point and probably would if I were given the right invite to do so.
In Gratitude!
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The idea is to get the word out more, not cut back on it.
DeleteYes we need a financial breakthrough, but to get more help, not cut down on the flow.
If we had the bucks to hire a staff to help Anna answer some of this stuff it would make a big difference, but it's not there and people are suffering their own financial distress.
I know we are here in Montana.
Thank you Anna for your time and your heart. The worst part for me in waking up is to see the suffering of the People. My issues although frustrating are nothing compared to People losing their lives to these Pirates. I am grateful every day for the knowledge you provide.
ReplyDeleteMay you be blessed with Restful sleep each night.
Annie McShane
Delaware