"Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time."When asked which dog wins, I reflect for a moment and reply, "The one I feed the most."
The experience of great loss will really change a person. It makes us look back and reflect on perhaps what we are missing in our own lives, and within ourselves. Nearly nine years after losing my Father to cancer, I still struggle every day. It was the single most difficult thing I have ever endured. However, I am still learning and growing from that loss. My Father made me want to be a better person, and I can only hope that I am living up to that expectation. Not to be successful, or have a big house with piles of money in the bank, but to be a better person on the inside. To accept people for who they are, no matter what. Look past the color of their skin, the bible they carry, the God they pray to. We are all the same; we are all human beings who on some level radiate unaffected humanity and compassion. Growing up I would spend many weekends with my Grandmother. I loved those visits. I always thought “wow, she has so much to eat.†There was always so much food there. Of course 30 years later I ask myself “Who keeps 14 cans of fruit cocktail on hand?, “just in case.†“You can never have too much.†She would tell us, or “I would hate to run out.†I lost my Grandmother last year at the age of 96. But as I reflect back on her and my Father and some other very close people in my life that I lost, I realize they each, in some way, had a terrific, full life, surrounded by a family or friends who loved them. When we pass on, all we can hope for is that we leave something behind that will impact the ones we are leaving, a cherished memory of better times gone by. My Father and Grandmother have impacted me that way. I will cherish my memories with them forever.If you took the time to read this far, think of your family, your loved ones, your friends. Cherish them, spend time with them, love them. It’s something we can never have too much of, and something I wouldn’t want you to run out of.
"Life is Just a Series of Rooms, and who we get stuck with in that room and that time, makes us who we are" One Day...One Room.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates vision for tomorrow. What are you grateful for?
A drop of water becomes vapor, which is invisible, yet vapor materializes into billowing clouds, and from clouds rain falls back to earth, forming river torrents and eventually merging into the sea. Has the drop of water died along the way? No, it undergoes a new expression at each stage. Likewise, the idea that I have a fixed body locked in space and time is a mirage. Any drop of water inside my body could have been ocean, cloud, river, or spring the day before.
"Life After Death" Deepak Chopra
To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world
Love isn't about the words we say, the actions we take, the things we do, the hearts we break, it's about people who can look at each other and just know!
"War doesn't determine who's right, only who's left."
"one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic"
"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself." Robert E. Lee
"It is well that war is so terrible -- lest we should grow too fond of it." Robert E. Lee
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"If we turn our heads and look away and hope that it will all disappear then they will - all of them, an entire generation of people. And we will have only history left to judge us. - George Clooney"
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Hurricane Katrina and the devastation left in its wake happened well over a year ago. However, very little has been done to restore the lives of the thousands of displaced residents from their homes. For the most part, the city remains a virtual ghost town. The AP reports Billions of promised federal dollars to fix New Orleans' crumbling infrastructure have gone largely untapped a year after Hurricane Katrina. City officials complain that a snarl of red tape, restrictions and unexpectedly high costs have kept hundreds of public buildings in disrepair, streets pocked with potholes and most parks too dirty for children to play...This is unacceptable, especially considering we spend over $170 million dollars per day on a war in Iraq. FEMA has announced temporary trailers for displaced residents are going to soon be revoked. Where will this leave these residents? Displaced again? What can you do? Please donate or volunteer to help. www.habitat.org
In addition to my efforts to help stop Genocide, I am a huge advocate and volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. Together we can help rebuild devastated parts of the world. One room, one house, one community at a time. We are one world, lets do it together!
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