I know that my blog heading will attract a lot of attention out there and it should. If you read this you will not only learn what just happened to me, but you may receive some good encouragement if this should ever happen to you.

Yesterday, I have done a survey on my Facebook page and discovered that three individuals (two of them were family members) had "unfriended" me from their Facebook pages. This does not surprise me because all three of them were devoted right-wingers who have more than 100 friends each.

On my Facebook page I have been sharing and posting news, information about what has been going on in the Occupy movement along with videos from news outlets like CNN, CBS and RT. These three individuals would always post remarks about some of the things I would share and saying the usual right-wing jargon that the Occupy Movement is a bunch of Lazy Liberals who just want something for nothing or they call us Socialist/Communist, or as Glenn Beck calls it "Progressives." As a result of my continued posting of facts and directly countering their remarks, all three of them have "unfriended me."

The only big hurt I am experiencing out of this is that two of the individuals are my stepdaughter and her right-winged preacher husband. Apparently, both of them have about 200+ friends that they don't want seeing the truth about what is happening in America, or do not want to be embarrassed by their so called "Liberal Step-Father." Personally, I forgive my step-children for doing so and wish them well. Eventually, one way or another they will come to see the truth and will regret what they have done, when the 1% finally come and take away everything they still have, which is not much. The other person ... well, I was surprised he lasted this long without pulling the plug.

Friends, what I just described will happen to you if it hasn't already happened and you need to be emotionally prepared for this. During the Civil War and earlier The Revolutionary War, entire families were split apart because one brother was for the Union while the other was a Confederate, or one was loyal to the new nation and the other loyal to England. Benjamin Franklin, one of our most celebrated forefathers lost his beloved son due to his involvement in the American Revolution. They never spoke again and his son returned to England. What is happening in this nation and world-wide is no exception.

If this happens to you, you will have two choices, continue in the cause and hope they come back or leave the battlefield and chase after them. This is not an easy choice to make. If you choose the latter, no one can blame you because as the saying goes "blood is thicker than water," but you will weaken the movement and the 1% will win if enough people do the same thing. However, if you stay in the fight, there is a chance that your beloved friend or relative will return to your side after the war is over, or may even change their mind and come back. Nobody in the occupy movement should condemn you if you choose to leave due to family, but everyone should encourage you to stay.

Family is one of the leading casualties in war and this war is no different. I hope this helps someone out there who may be experiencing the same thing. Keep your chin up and keep fighting the good fight in faith. A brighter future is possible.