Food for thought
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Wow. . .this is food for thought I think!!
lovemary
A DAY WITHOUT WAR
We'd like to suggest that you pick a day sometime soon and spend the whole
day not waging war... in your personal life. Most of us don't have our own
nuclear arsenal to destroy the enemy, nor armies to attack another country;
yet most of us do have the words and innuendo to attack or destroy someone
else; perhaps just their confidence, their peace of mind or their dreams.
And if we can't destroy, we'll settle for a momentary conquest; by
one-ups-manship, a snide joke or a pseudo-concerned comment.
We recently heard a story about a radio DJ who calls up famous people and
in this particular instance called a man and pretended to be the
veterinarian with whom he had left his dog for a claw-clipping. The
"pretend" vet told Mr. Famous he could come and pick up his pet at lunch
time... "the anesthetic will have worn off by then." Well, you probably
get it by now, the 'vet' suggested that a bogus irreversible operation had
been performed on the prize-winning animal. Mr. Famous was emotionally
destroyed by the "news", and the audience was cheering like the crowds in
the Roman Coliseum.
On a smaller scale, how many of you recall someone destroying your
confidence? Perhaps you recall having done that to someone else, when they
told you about their dream or new endeavor... all under the war heading of
"being concerned for the other" or "being reasonable". "I just have to tell
you this... for your own good."
We may not be the Pentagon, but it seems we all have the ability to destroy
another bit by bit, emotionally and mentally.
What's the difference between our war of "concern" and the war with nuclear
warheads? Can we ask others to stop their wars while we continue our own?
From Contemplations
By Peter and Helen Evans
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lovemary
A DAY WITHOUT WAR
We'd like to suggest that you pick a day sometime soon and spend the whole
day not waging war... in your personal life. Most of us don't have our own
nuclear arsenal to destroy the enemy, nor armies to attack another country;
yet most of us do have the words and innuendo to attack or destroy someone
else; perhaps just their confidence, their peace of mind or their dreams.
And if we can't destroy, we'll settle for a momentary conquest; by
one-ups-manship, a snide joke or a pseudo-concerned comment.
We recently heard a story about a radio DJ who calls up famous people and
in this particular instance called a man and pretended to be the
veterinarian with whom he had left his dog for a claw-clipping. The
"pretend" vet told Mr. Famous he could come and pick up his pet at lunch
time... "the anesthetic will have worn off by then." Well, you probably
get it by now, the 'vet' suggested that a bogus irreversible operation had
been performed on the prize-winning animal. Mr. Famous was emotionally
destroyed by the "news", and the audience was cheering like the crowds in
the Roman Coliseum.
On a smaller scale, how many of you recall someone destroying your
confidence? Perhaps you recall having done that to someone else, when they
told you about their dream or new endeavor... all under the war heading of
"being concerned for the other" or "being reasonable". "I just have to tell
you this... for your own good."
We may not be the Pentagon, but it seems we all have the ability to destroy
another bit by bit, emotionally and mentally.
What's the difference between our war of "concern" and the war with nuclear
warheads? Can we ask others to stop their wars while we continue our own?
From Contemplations
By Peter and Helen Evans
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]