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Opinions/Editorials Title: Reality Check We all have difficulties. Some are related to age,some to health,some are financial,and some to injuries. We all complain about these things,but most of us just learn to live with them and we even develop a sense of humor about them because what else CAN we do. Was shopping at a local hardware store today for a strap wrench,and noticed a really fat woman shopping with a girl who was obviously her teenage daughter. Girl also had read hair,and looked to be maybe 17. I have seen film of women released from Nazi labor/death camps from WW-2 that looked fat compared to this girl. She was maybe 5'7" or so,but I seriously doubt she weighed 80 lbs. They ended up in the checkout line ahead of me,and when they left I mentioned the above to the cashier,and she knew them. She said the girl had leukemia,and wasn't doing well with it. Despite this truly horrible piece of news,the mother was laughing and smiling,and the girl was trying to smile as they talked with the help while shopping and the cashier. Kinda put my little aches and pains that I had been whining about in focus. I,like most of you,may have a few aches and pains from living more than 6 decades of life with virtually no effort having been made to take care of myself,and here is a teenage girl that has most likely known nothing but suffering the last couple of years,with virtually no hope of anything but worse to come. Don't believe I will do much whining for a while,and instead of focusing on the things that are bad,try to focus on and appreciate a little more the things that aren't. I believe there is a lesson in this for all of us. Especially those of us who spend so much time ranting and raving about politics with people we don't even know on the internet. Poster Comment: Sometimes we spend so much time looking at the bad that we forget to notice and appreciate the good. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest True. Thanks for the post.
#2. To: sneakypete (#0) I believe there is a lesson in this for all of us. Especially those of us who spend so much time ranting and raving about politics with people we don't even know on the internet. Yep, there is more to life than jousting at internet windmills and flocks of trollish contrarians. You can see why studies reveal that the more people are online, the more depressed they get. A lot of it is very negative but also quite addicting.
#3. To: sneakypete (#0) Thanks for the post, we all need a reality check from time to time
#4. To: sneakypete (#0) It's a good reminder you present us with. Thanks. I would say though that life is better than most of us know. In fact, better than all of us can possibly imagine. I've had the rare theological sparring with a few people here, but they never get nearly as involved as I'd prefer. Of course we all see and believe different things, but for me it's a clear as day. All things in life serve a purpose, including tragic things like leukemia. The small lesson you have relayed for yourself is doubtless one she's reminded of every day and every week in a big way. Bottom line is there is more to us than simply our physical bodies, which eventually collapse and fail. It is the soul which is immortal, while bodies are replaceable. And they are replaced. As anyone would concede, one lifetime is not nearly enough to learn all the lessons there are to learn, so why would there not be more? It's merely a carnal assumption we would only have one. The reason we are here is to learn. It's the purpose of life, and one lifetime is not nearly enough. Being thankful for the good things we have while ignoring the things we don't have is but one of the many permanent / immortal virtues we can develop.
#5. To: sneakypete (#0) Very true Pete, thanks for reminding us ! Si vis pacem, para bellum
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."Theodore Roosevelt-1907. I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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