VISUAL WRITING PROMPT 22 at least 200 words
Write a sad story about the picture:

    The sun was shining bright and beautiful like it always does in the hot summer. I woke up fully and got up to get ready. It was strangely cool, I didn't have the ac on. I didn't think much of it and continued getting ready, later I went down to my kitchen for some breakfast. There my golden reatriever, Lily, was waiting for her food with the dog bowl in her mouth. As I fixed up breakfast for the two of us I turned on the tv to the news.

    The news report said that it was going to be a perfect day to go outside and enjoy the summer without the sun burning you. I got so happy and told Lily we are going to the lake! I got my stuff and Lily's things ready and we were off. There was a lot of traffic because everyone was going to the parks and lakes to enjoy this amazing day. Luckily I knew this spot that knew about where me and my family went to when I was little.

    Later we reached the spot and Lily excitedly jumped out of my car and onto the sand and ran in between the shady trees. I set out my towel and grabbed Lily's ball to toss out into the lake, she loves to swim to get the ball. I did this a few times but I noticed each toss I did the water that Lily shook off and the ball was getting colder. I thought that was really weird so I kept Lily on the land instead. The sun was still pretty warm to enjoy!

    That's an alert came on the phone, "A freeze over is approaching fast, stay in your house and stay warm, this is really harsh cold." I got worried and the sand became really cold and Lily started to whine, she didn't like what was happening either. I quickly put everything away and was trying to get the car started but it was too cold. The clouds were coming in fast and the sun was already setting so it was even worse.

   The car wouldn't start and I think I tried too many times because the engine started to smoke. The clouds created a cold snow layer that came down and made most of the trees lose there leaves. I grabbed Lily in my arms and we sat in the cold snow together, there was nothing else we could do. The car froze shut and I thought why not enjoy this pretty sunset with Lily as the cold freezes us together. The only thing we felt last was the warmth of our last hug and the love we had for wach other.

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.