tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31999815.post5699796992743969171..comments2023-09-15T10:15:56.966-04:00Comments on Lolo's Child: A Sad CommentarySuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16277930227436148749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31999815.post-12084763644243546272007-09-16T07:14:00.000-04:002007-09-16T07:14:00.000-04:00So many, many things in this world are horrific. A...So many, many things in this world are horrific. And sadly, SO sadly, it begins not with government, not with ANY of the 'big' things, but with individuals world-wide; with simple things; things that used to be commonplace: people who no longer remember (or CHOOSE) to say PLEASE and THANK YOU and to ask, "Are you okay?" if someone looks upset. Common courtesy. Generosity of spirit. Pride in taking care of ourselves and our homes and our schools and our surroundings. Placing emphasis on Earth and her inhabitants instead of accruing expensive, mindless, unnecessary 'status-symbol' STUFF to be tossed aside, often unused. Such simple things we USED to do - things that have - with so MANY people - gone to the wayside. We've become a greedy planet. A planet so intolerant & suspicious of those who look or sound or think differently, or practice different faiths, that we are ready to fight, when fighting will NEVER bring positive changes. It's spilled over into the generation who will soon run this country. Just LOOK at a teen - maybe even subconsciously - & if that teen has the fighting mindset, he or she will gun you down for 'disrespecting' him or her. What has HAPPENED to us? Those things - those very small things - practiced by every human on this planet - would go a long way toward guaranteeing an end to wars and all they involve. I have hope for us. I HAVE to. Despite 9/11, despite this god-awful business in Iraq, despite everything, I have hope. If I don't - if I join the uncaring, the joyless, the angry, the hating, the destroyers - I am just one more in the sadness. I won't DO that. I won't BE it. I hope one person at a time decides the same thing. It WILL make a difference.Kaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383728736566960239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31999815.post-80108990954279489052007-09-12T21:31:00.000-04:002007-09-12T21:31:00.000-04:00Yes. To everything. Wish I had words...JudiAYes. To everything. <BR/><BR/>Wish I had words...<BR/><BR/>JudiAJudiAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404189670133689920noreply@blogger.com