...for society.

Today on the way to do errands I found a Cystic Fibrosis research donation box, a block and a half away from the convenience store where it had been sitting collecting spare change. Someone stole it, ripped it open, and left it there.

:mad:

:mad: People can be such @$$'$

We should find that person and kick them in da pants.

OMG !! :( :cry:

really people, where are your priorities? Aren't cigarrettes and beer more important than someones stupid sickness?! (just kidding,for the record)

-songwriter ( this is a great topic for a song - hmmmm)

Oh my gosh Paul, I know what you mean! On Friday, while waiting for my ride, I was watching two suicidal Squirrels (teenage squirrels, my nickname) playing and then they darted across the road, the first one made it but as the second one crossed, it stopped on the middle of the lane going north and I noticed a car approaching at first at normal speed, then it raced up and curved toward the inside curb, trying to hit the squirrel! The creature just barely got out of the way, but I'm sure it lost some fur off the tip of its tail. I was stunned.

Yeah that really is lousy Paul....Some people lack a conscience, I swear.....Thanks for sharing with us....

It doesn't surprise me one bit....it is not right, but it doesn't surpise me.

Nothing shocks me anymore... :(

I'm always shocked. Life is nasty, brutal and short. I'm in the wrong mood these days and have a bad cynical attitude. People are animals. Maybe it was a junkie that took the cash box, Clam.
Seeing the senseless suffering of all creatures and my powerlessness to do !@#$ all.
I'm waaaay to sensitive to it.
Pauline

My power is in my own ability to change.. it's the toughest road I know.

I used to be very politically active and also spent many hours writing with the good folks of Amnesty International. Now I don't fight about much. I'm not surprised about the outrageous nature of humanity, or it's ignorance. Some days are better than others though.. heh

As distasteful as it might seem, I am an animal first and foremost. Which leads me to some of the same fates as the fruit fly. My biggest positive effect on the world in my whole life of trying to do "good" has been to improve my skills of patience, tolerance, empathy and selflessness that are the basis for most of the worlds big spiritual guidelines.

Others may need to fight.. and I've fought lots along the way. To each their own. This type of desperation WC wrote about evokes sadness. I grieve over humanities inability to trust in universal principles and of course and maybe more importantly to trust each other.. not blindly..

I expect that is why I find this forum enjoyable. I've taken some risks to change and have met with acceptance. Things are changing. I'm changing. It's getting better. I need to always get better so I'm better able to forgive what I don't understand and continue to offer what helps others to change. Love. I am responsible.

I hope just one of you have found this apropos.

Cheers! Ian.

Living proof that anger and resentment are anathema for Ian

I'm sorry Clammy but you know I alway's have a bright side. Well, I can't find one about this story so I thought I would tell another story.

After hearing that Nebraska is one of the only states in the union that does not have a Memorial for Police officer's killed in the line of duty my kid's and their classmates have decided to do something about it and have begun a HUGE money making project for the effort to get a memorial for these much deserving civil servant's. All it takes is the will and a lot of hard work and slowly we can all change the world. NOw someone buy me a coke lol.