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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 667030" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Your very welcome, RE. Trust me, I feel Suzir's pain for others. I am one of those fools apt to stick a $10 bill in the bucket of a homeless person or somebody pretending to be homeless (or I used to, now I am more apt to offer a sandwich or to buy them a blanket or to go to Goodwill and buy a jacket). I can not pass up a person in need. I get sick to my stomach when I hear about war and children being killed for no reason. As stated, I had to stop watching the news in order to keep my life in harmony. And that decision was directly tied into my realization at how small I am in this universe. I have no control over the badness in the world and I don't support it, but I also have no power and I can't stop it. I wish I could. I'd wave a magic wand and make us end wars forever and all get along.</p><p></p><p>As it is, even in most of my workplaces the few people working around me would have stupid rifts, although I would try to sit alone in the coffee break room and be left out of their spats.</p><p></p><p>I decided I can only do hat is available to me and that is to make myself a better person so that at least those around me can benefit and to make my own life peaceful because I have no control over the warring countries and children steeped in poverty. Adopting children was one way I addressed my concern for others. I also care about animals and do some help in rescuing. I can do no more than that.</p><p></p><p>So in my own world, which is all I have any say so about, affirmations can lift me up when I'm feeling down. And thinking about those people who are living in hello I feel guilt ever feeling down, but I do sometimes anyway. And to lift up my spirits, I enjoy affirmations and bringing myself to my highest level.</p><p></p><p>Since the topic was brought up about the desperate, I admit to always wishing that, when we had adopted abroad, an option would have been Ethiopia or Haiti, two countries th at seem like they will never get out of the dark. If only...if only I had been able to get one child out of there...but that was not available as an option at the time.</p><p></p><p>I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but by the standards of the third world, I am extremely wealthy and I know this. Yet I can't dwell on it without making my own life sad and not helping anybody else.</p><p></p><p>As sorry as I am about this situation, the best I can do, or any of us can do, is to focus on ourselves and our own loved ones. If one believes in a higher power, as I do, I leave it up to him or her to take care of them because it is too big a job for me. So focusing on my own well being makes sense to me. Worrying about everybody in the world does not.</p><p></p><p>Hope this made sense. This is a subject that is very sensitive to me as well. But I won't punish myself because others suffer. I did try to do my little part, but I'm very limited as to what I can do.</p><p></p><p>Suzir, I do hear you, and I feel your very kind heart and strong social conscience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 667030, member: 1550"] Your very welcome, RE. Trust me, I feel Suzir's pain for others. I am one of those fools apt to stick a $10 bill in the bucket of a homeless person or somebody pretending to be homeless (or I used to, now I am more apt to offer a sandwich or to buy them a blanket or to go to Goodwill and buy a jacket). I can not pass up a person in need. I get sick to my stomach when I hear about war and children being killed for no reason. As stated, I had to stop watching the news in order to keep my life in harmony. And that decision was directly tied into my realization at how small I am in this universe. I have no control over the badness in the world and I don't support it, but I also have no power and I can't stop it. I wish I could. I'd wave a magic wand and make us end wars forever and all get along. As it is, even in most of my workplaces the few people working around me would have stupid rifts, although I would try to sit alone in the coffee break room and be left out of their spats. I decided I can only do hat is available to me and that is to make myself a better person so that at least those around me can benefit and to make my own life peaceful because I have no control over the warring countries and children steeped in poverty. Adopting children was one way I addressed my concern for others. I also care about animals and do some help in rescuing. I can do no more than that. So in my own world, which is all I have any say so about, affirmations can lift me up when I'm feeling down. And thinking about those people who are living in hello I feel guilt ever feeling down, but I do sometimes anyway. And to lift up my spirits, I enjoy affirmations and bringing myself to my highest level. Since the topic was brought up about the desperate, I admit to always wishing that, when we had adopted abroad, an option would have been Ethiopia or Haiti, two countries th at seem like they will never get out of the dark. If only...if only I had been able to get one child out of there...but that was not available as an option at the time. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but by the standards of the third world, I am extremely wealthy and I know this. Yet I can't dwell on it without making my own life sad and not helping anybody else. As sorry as I am about this situation, the best I can do, or any of us can do, is to focus on ourselves and our own loved ones. If one believes in a higher power, as I do, I leave it up to him or her to take care of them because it is too big a job for me. So focusing on my own well being makes sense to me. Worrying about everybody in the world does not. Hope this made sense. This is a subject that is very sensitive to me as well. But I won't punish myself because others suffer. I did try to do my little part, but I'm very limited as to what I can do. Suzir, I do hear you, and I feel your very kind heart and strong social conscience. [/QUOTE]
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