My, my, my...it's the same ol' story, since the beginning of time...The
Blame Game, AGAIN! 1st book in the bible, Adam blamed Eve for his
disobeying God...Eve blamed the snake...this junk has been going on,
FOREVER, now...the Church blames the gov. for the mess this world is
in...the world blames the church...on and on...some people blame satan
or demons...some, even, blame God! HEY PEEPS...GET A CLUE...IT'S US! ALL
OF US, to blame for ALL of this mess that WE HAVE MADE of the world! How
about a NEW IDEA...Let's STOP sitting around wondering, all the time,
WHY, and WHO TO BLAME, and get off our LAZY BUTTS and DO SOMETHING about
it? Who, on this site, has put down the silly computter, tv,
intertainment center {ect} long enough to HELP someone else!? WHO have
you fed, lately/ or gave a drink of cold water to? WHO have you done
ANYTHING, AT ALL FOR? What are YOU doing to IMPROVE this awful world?
Actions speak louder than words.

that is a good statement truth and i completely agree with it. sometimes
the toughest problem has the simplest answer but not everyone buys into.
just the idea of "instead of changing the world start with yourself"
seems to confuse people though.
i take it to heart and i live it. if more people would it would slowly
start getting better. take care.

I agree..if some ppl spent half has much energy being nice as they did
being jerks, this would be a friendlier world

I work full-time during the day, and am doing a part-time job at night,
babysit grandkids on Saturday and pick them up from daycare a few nights
a week and babysit them until their mom gets home from work. The rest of
the time I live with and support my disabled dad which means waiting on
him hand and foot, cooking, cleaning, all the dirty work and paying the
bills. I am part of what is known as the "sandwich generation" - still
helping raise their kids/grandkids and now raising my parent(s) too. I
think there are a lot of people out there like me who are stuck in the
middle.

This sounds really bad, like I am blowing my own horn, but I do believe
there are a lot of us out there doing what we can, just behind the
scenes.

there are alot and they do not get mentioned enough. i didn't mean for
it to sound that bleak but i don't get a chance to meet all that many
people who are like that.

I know what you mean, there are a lot of people doing a lot behind the
scenes, whether willingly or not. Frankly, my dad belongs in a nursing
home because he is getting to be too much to take care of at home but is
refusing, but in all actuality would be happier there in the long run
there. I love spending time with the grandkids though, Alex is 2 and
Maddy is almost 7 and they are my life. They keep me going and they know
their "grandma" is a soft touch too.

I think there are a lot of people out there with good hearts who do what
they can with the means they have. We donate to food banks, donate toys
for tots at Christmas, that kind of stuff, little things people forget
about. I have been helped in the past and like to give back as I can.
We don't all have the opportunity to do what Shagna did yesterday for
the little girl and thank God she was there and could do it, but every
little act counts. Take care and have a good night.

you too marie

you can either fix the blame or fix the problem your choice,

Doing what you can do, is ALL a person can do...helping those of your
own household comes 1st. What good would it do to save the whole world
while your own children and/or grandchildren go to hell? We need to do
what we can, when we can do it, weather it be taking food to the poor
neighbor, toys for poor kids or giving food [ECT]to our own
relatives.The key here is DO WHAT YOU CAN DO and leave the rest to God
and others. God knows and sees what you are doing or not doing and He is
the ONLY one who needs to know...afterall, He is the one we need to
serve and please with our love and caring of others.

What can I say, If you no got Blaim,then you no got Game.

Truth-

Always a good reminder that we can do more...

one of the nicest things about doing volunteer work with an organization is that you do get to see and work with a bunch of people who do things for other people just because it's a nice thing to do and makes both parties feel good.

But as Marie pointed out, helping others can start at home, with ones own family... or as you illustrated Truth, by simple acts of kindness ("practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty" may have become an overused phrase but it is not less valid for being repeated often...) and there is always something that you can do, I like to remember what Teddy Roosevelt said:

"Do what you can, where you are, with what you have."

Peace.

Anoasis^^^^That was beautifully said. Charity does start at home. Volunteer work is also good for the soul, it makes me feel good, when I help someone. Our churches are also now beginning to go out beyond their walls, more often and reaching out! It high time that we start acting and doing things in our communities to let children know that we care by joining programs that focus on them, this is also for senior citizens and the widow(er). These are areas that we've been directed by the Bible, to pay attention to. Jail ministries are good too!

not me

i didn't do it

you didn't see me

and ya cant prove it

As for me, well, financial situation is grim between lack of fundage and my job and now school, I've had to be a house kitty.

All summer, I answered the knocks at the door. Mostly young adults doing door to door campaigns for education or as part of some program to get them, I don't know - rehabilitated. Regardless, it was a very hot summer, I know, I could not afford air conditioning. I never once turned those people away without offering refreshment, even if all I had was ice and water. On the last occasion, I had two bottles of ice tea left, that I keep for a friend. It wasn't cold,now what to put the ice in??
I have two thermo type mugs. I go NOWHERE without my sippy cup. I considered the fact that I had two, and I could just wash the one every night instead of being lazy. So I filled one with ice, and poured half a bottle in and gave him the other whole one. I think the tears that welled in his eyes were cool next to the sweat of the heat. I was moved by his quiet graciousness.

I had a garage sale and an estate auction a month or so ago. It was enough to catch up my bills, and I had $35.00 in my wallet. I was going to buy a round of drinks at pool, because my pool mates have been so generous in that regard with me. A man came into my work, waited anxiously for me to complete a transaction with a customer. Then began to tell me that his car had broken down and his wife was at the hospital in labor. And then he began to cry. He was told there was difficulty and he had left work to be with her. "it's going to cost $35.00 for someone to tow my car and I only have enough for cab fare and my father would kill me asking a stranger for help, but I don't know what to do." That damn $35.00 in my wallet was slappin me on the butt. I pulled my wallet out, he grabbed a pc of paper and began to write. I gave him the money, he handed me a phone number. I looked him in the eye and told him, that my circumstatnces were not good, and that this was cash I happen to have becase I had just had a garage sale. He began to tell me that he would bring it back. If he didn't I could call him. I said, I won't call you, what I'm doing I do because I want to. What you do, will be your choice.

I never saw him or the money. But I don't regret and in all the years and all the times I've leant money, this was the first time it was not paid back. Considering that I've leant over a $1,000 at a time, loosing that $35 meant nothing, and it hasn't changed what I would do in the future.

Redy-

I know what you mean... I won't "loan" anyone money.... because then I would have to worry about getting it back again.

I prefer to just "give" it to them... that way I just assume the money is gone for good and never think about it again.

Di..wow you amaze me more and more each time I read you

Things are the way they are today because of greed. The desire for wealth. This didn't happen overnite. The whole blame goes on greedy people im my opinion. It has nothing to do with a god or a beleif in one at all. I don't believe in a god, and I am too sensitive and compassionate for my own good. If everyone in the world felt like I do about life, earth would be the site of a huge love in.

What do we do?

Hmmmm....we replant the dunes, we rescue injured sea creatures and wildlife and rehabilitate them, we spend hours and hours every day, cleaning up the rubbish in our village.

We grow our own food, we have just created a food co-op for the lower income families, and elderly, to access cheap, fresh fruit and vegetables, and other foods.

I work with young people, our future leaders...the damaged and the dirtied, and the overlooked.

We volunteer time in women's shelters, we cook for homeless people on Christmas day, our home is safe space for battered women and their frightened children...

We consciously acknowledge our footprint on this earth, and endeavour to make it lighter and lighter.

And who are we?

My self and my four children, all of them, my 21 year old son, and his partner, who volunteers her time in clinics, (she's a freshly fully qualified doctor) for the financially challenged, my 18 year old daughter, who is studying away from home, does home care voluntarily for the aged, my 12 year old son, who does anything and eveything to make our world and this world healthier, and my 10 year old little eco warrier, nurturer extra ordinaire.

We do our bit...what do you do?

we found someone to be our very own DESIGNATED A$$HOLE!!!!


D.A.=everything is ALL thir fault!!!

for the rest of the time i just sit on my butt and veg