Oct 22-26, 2006



Entry for October 22, 2006 --Life!

Life!!!

When our world is toooooo peaceful...

life.jpg : Stages of Life

My thanks to George E.H for this picture.

But those that grow up in war zones have another way of viewing life.
Please have a look at Mojtaba's blog and comments.
Here is a copy of my own comment on his page.


Thank you for the explanation, Mojtaba.

Obviously growing up in or near a war zone has shaped your special way of viewing the world.

I totally agree with you:   to sacrifice one's life in order to save the life of a beloved person is wonderful, and should be highly praised.

But I don't see any good to kill more in order to revenge.

Well, unless you kill them all, and make sure that none of their beloved ones still live!

Otherwise the cycle of killing-revenging will not stop. It will only get worse.

To forgive (but not to forget!) and to CHANGE the enemies' way of viewing us is much, much more challenging, in my opinion.

And it is the most difficult but also the most effective way to stop wars and further tragedies.

Just my opinion.

What do you say?


If you read to this line PLEASE leave a comment.   Thank you!!!!



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Entry for October 26, 2006 -- Floods still continue !!!!

Floods + tide alerts !!!!

The first pic showed a highway in central Thailand,
the second pic was a place in Chinatown near the place I used to live.
O061026Flood.png : Matichon newspaper Oct 26, 2006 flood news


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Entry for October 26, 2006 -- Not a Sermon


This is fun although not new for many of you...   grin

Creation


On the first day, God created the dog and said: "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."

The dog said: "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"

So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said: "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."

The monkey said: "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?"

And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow and said: "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said: "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created man and said: "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."

But man said: "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God, "You asked for it."

So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves.

For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family.

For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren.

And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.




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