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In a word my wish is compassion.
Compassion for your fellow man.
The pandemic of Aids, homelessness, poverty, mental health, physical health, oppression, prejudice, apathy, drugs, hate crimes, child abuse, and the horror of war.
Let each of us in this New Year do one thing, or more than one thing to combat these things in our society. We are all part of this world; lets make it a better place than we found it this past year.
I have a plea to each of you: Do one thing, do a little bit.
We do not all have to be activists. But we can do something; one thing in a whole year that makes the world a better place than it was yesterday.
I will be one drop of water in the waterfall of a better tomorrow. Be the drop next to me.
Love and Happiness to all of you this New Year,
Kevin
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"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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Why do you always have to focus only on the bad things in life???
There are some good things going on and perhaps you would notice some of them if you took the time to look....
If you do want to make the next year a better one.... then do something... I don't mean talk about it... I mean do it...
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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I will not dignify this with a response.
My post stands on it's own, if you view is as negative, I am sorry for you about that.
Happy New Year,
Kevin
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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marc
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Nevertheless you chose to respond.....
I don't view your post as negative.....
I just see it as more useless talk with no action.....
If you are so intent on making this a better world..... then go out and make it so.... to talk about it with no action is nothing more than wind....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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I do act thank you.
Do I need to list my efforts for you?
Why are you being so cynical about me personally?
Again, this seems more like a personal attack than a constructive observation.
Please do not judge me on my actions for which you know little or nothing about.
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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I can see the beginning of another fight. If you want to argue, if you want to fight, why are you doing it here?
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You said when you'd die that you'd walk with me every day
And I'd start to cry and say please don't talk that way
With the blink of an eye the Lord came and asked you to meet
You went to a better place but He stole you away from me
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marc
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All I can judge you by is what you say here....
Just as you can judge me by what I say here....
I see in your origional post a listing of "bad things"
but no mention of anything good in this miserable world....
If you see nothing good... or if there is nothing good to see for any of us... Tell me... PLEASE...
If the world is all as bad as you portray it to be then perhaps the only solution is to leave it for better places...
Or oblivion... whichever, whatever,,,
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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We should all try to live lives that encourage others to do their best. A life that praises the good things happening all around us and holds out a hand to anyone who needs our help.
We can't be everything for everyone but we can perhaps, be just exactly what one person needs. A smile, a helping hand, a gesture of goodwill. They cost nothing and they mean so much.
In 2004, we can try hard to see the good all around us and look for ways to make the world a better place, one act at a time.
{{{New Year Hugs to Everyone}}}
smith J
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Enough... This is beyond acceptable limits.
Could you please just drop this???
Has it occured to you that some of us may have had problems with life,
or that maybe it's not a dream? Can you please just drop it?!?
You said when you'd die that you'd walk with me every day
And I'd start to cry and say please don't talk that way
With the blink of an eye the Lord came and asked you to meet
You went to a better place but He stole you away from me
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Right, smith.
You said when you'd die that you'd walk with me every day
And I'd start to cry and say please don't talk that way
With the blink of an eye the Lord came and asked you to meet
You went to a better place but He stole you away from me
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marc
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No.... It has never occured to me that life is anything but perfect....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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I grant you this much... Maybe someone has looked at the minus of it a lot...
You know when I'm really upset when I revert to German,
und enoch ist enoch, Du möchtest kämpfen! Seid der ersten Tag, Du möchtest kämpfen mit einer Mann hier, und enoch ist enoch...
And enough is enough. You want to fight. Since almost when I've known you,
you've been trying to fight with someone here... ANd enough is enough...
Just drop it already!
You said when you'd die that you'd walk with me every day
And I'd start to cry and say please don't talk that way
With the blink of an eye the Lord came and asked you to meet
You went to a better place but He stole you away from me
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marc
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Young person, understand one thing,
I never fight...
Ever....
I state my position, my feelings, my opinions...
I am so sorry if they dont jive with the prevelent self admiration society here...
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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And there's no reason to patronise me about them...
I can not choose to suddenly be 30, 40, 50, usw.
I have to deal with being my own age, 18.
It's like that, like many things often are.
You said when you'd die that you'd walk with me every day
And I'd start to cry and say please don't talk that way
With the blink of an eye the Lord came and asked you to meet
You went to a better place but He stole you away from me
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marc
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Precisely,
Therefore do not assume to know me,,, You have no idea who I am, what I have done, or how I got to be where I am.
I relate to MY experiences,,, Just as I make allowances for your lack of experience,,,
Do not presume to know why I say what I do unless you take the time to know who I am!
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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My first act (and please remember that we are not in the New Year just yet), is to ask all involved to cease any post in this portion of this thread.
I have no desire to argue with anyone. Please understand the original post for it's intent. To point to areas in our world that may be a little better tomorrow with our help. I would share my actions through the year if it would help anyone in anyway. However, I do not want to get into a situation in where I give out so much info that it scares others away from doing just a little.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, drop this argument, blame me if it makes any of you feel better. But drop it just the same.
Thank you to all,
And apologies to anyone offended,
Kevin
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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Steve
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Dear Marc,
I agree with those who see your reaction to Kevin's post as being out of place. Your arguments are just not pertinent in this case. Why one earth should we do anything about the good things we see in this world - except be grateful for them? ("If it ain't broke, don't fix it".) The things that need our attention are those that are not good and which we can try and fix.
Secondly, you did judge Kevin and it was ingenuous of you to suggest that you did not. Christopher seems to have hit the nail on the head in this case: you have an antipathy towards Kevin's posts and you make that antipathy very clear. That is not pleasant for the rest of us. Please stop. If you really must take the matter up with him please use e-mail.
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Why on Earth would either of these guys want to get to know you better when you're being all prickly like a porcupine today for some reason?
Maybe let it go for now and have a Happy New Year?
Hope so, anyhow...the wish is genuine and heart-felt.
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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marc
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Why is it so hard to admit that there are good things happening in the world?
I guess it is because there aren't any....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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I concede to you the point that I do not know you that well...
But neither do you know me...
Do not assume that I do not act out of my own.
Maybe they are fewer, but they are mine.
You said when you'd die that you'd walk with me every day
And I'd start to cry and say please don't talk that way
With the blink of an eye the Lord came and asked you to meet
You went to a better place but He stole you away from me
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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I find it difficult to view the world with such rose collored glasses...
As far as how I feel about/toward/for Kevin, that is clearly between he and I. If you see something in my posts that offend you then by all means you are free to not read them.
As for E-mail.... as I have stated before... I do not use it...
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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PLEASE READ THE POST ABOVE!!!! Thanks
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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Somehow, I knew you couldn't do it....
No matter....
I'll go now...
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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