We are only here for a short time and we need to use our time wisely. Life is too short for creating crap. Although many people spend their time doing just that and some, it seems, enjoy doing so. So we don't bother with them.
People from all walks of life, intelligence levels, backgrounds, perform miracles everyday. There is so much good in our world. We don't hear much about it. Our tv's and newspapers and magazines feed us a daily, hour by hour, minute by minute, diet of crap. No wonder we find it hard to see the good. We aren't shown it or told about it! The way things are, it looks as if only the crap exists and that it drowns out the good stuff. NOT SO! We have to be active and not lazy. We have to make the effort. We have to see it! Good surrounds us all, all the time. We just have to see it and feel it.
One person, one of many, who fills our world with good is Cynthia O'Neal. You can find out about her here:
http://www.friendsindeed.org/
It's no good thinking 'oh what difference will I make?' Anyone can make a difference. Smile and be polite with strangers, at the shops, anywhere. Listen to someone. This is a truly great gift and is often all that is needed for healing to take place. Do something for someone that you know is helpful. Chucking money in a collection tin is not the kind of doing something I have in mind!
Above all, and certainly top in the helpful stakes, have positive regard for your fellows. You don't have to like them. Just treat them as you would want your self to be treated. (warning: never forget your own self regard-that way you won't take shit from people)
Another long stretch, but hoping to be more regular
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Just seen this seller on ebay and thought of you :-) Dunno if any is of interest but saw it was a lot of machine knitting stuff - and thought you probably needed lots more stuff:-))) (your man is gonna throttle me!!!)
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZsyrphQQhtZ-1
Sal x
I really adore your posts about love and friendship. I am sick to the back teeth with the culture of backbiting and smirking that we seem to inhabit. You can love someone without actually liking them. Lots of people piss me off but I do really try to have a loving feeling for people in general, we are all just trying to get by. I know this makes me sound like an old fart but the general attitudes shown on TV can't help can they?
Sal x
I really adore your posts about love and friendship. I am sick to the back teeth with the culture of backbiting and smirking that we seem to inhabit. You can love someone without actually liking them. Lots of people piss me off but I do really try to have a loving feeling for people in general, we are all just trying to get by. I know this makes me sound like an old fart but the general attitudes shown on TV can't help can they?
If only you knew how much I agree with what you've said.
The little things in life can make such an enormous difference and more often than not, it's something that takes hardly any time and costs nothing that can change a person's day around, and sometimes even their life.
I wrote an article a few years ago called "Gifts that cost nothing" (you can probably find it around the web through a Google search) that addresses this. Society as a whole would have us believe that we need to spend tons of money on gifts if they're to be good enough (and, sadly, some people are still only able to accept expensive gifts as genuine gifts), but the real gifts are the ones we give of ourselves.
Thanks for caring. People like you make the world a better place.
~Sharon J
What a beautiful post! That you have chosen not to be the sickness that was inflicted by others on you is a sign that goodness indeed exists in this world - sometimes in spite of us:)
Hugs,
Joan
Colin
Your new sweater is terrific. I am glad you share your talents with everyone. It inspires us to greater efforts. Your comments on life in general are so true. Would that more people felt as you do. God give you peace and less pain.
Jim
Nashville TN USA
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