A Feel-Good Story About John Glenn (Little Long But Worth the Read)
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Comments (7)A man across the street from me hada guide dog for many years. He loved it too much to replace it when it was too old to really guide him. About 2 months ago he found it dead- of old age and was devastated. Well, I few days I saw him on the street with a new dog that looked like the other. It guided him into a store he went to often- they got a reception you would not believe. The clerks and customers all crowded around them , some hugging him with delight. The dog was wriggling with joy. When I checked out I told the cashier and she was happy for him too. He helps out at the Salvation Army food pantry so I can imagine the reception he got there. That is a VERY lucky dog, it has the perfect owner....See More*Ahem* I feel a little guilty about this
Comments (48)I'm in much the same boat. As you know, I'm a frugal character, but that's not the issue with me - it's "wasting" Precious Petroleum. Plus adding to pollutants. And global warming. As I've said, part of my reason for fixing my 19-year-old car last year instead of scrapping it, at higher cost than I'd paid for it, was the amount of energy used, plus additions to global warming and pollution that are required to build a new car, and the proportion of another old car that I'd be using instead of fixing mine, that I believed would have quite a number of miles left in it. My Dad, a farmer, had trouble breathing in this part of the country over 60 years ago, so pulled up roots and moved to the west, where he had about exactly 40 good years of life, healthy. And liked his new life. I plan a trip through MI, WI, MN, ND to Sask for a family reunion (mother's side) at my brother's in early July. I'd hoped at one time to travel to British Columbia in June, visitng old colleagues and friends, but that's not going to happen. I'd thought once to maybe drive daughter back to AZ from the reunion (she booked her flight Phoenix - Minneapolis - Regina/return last week): would take too long away from work to drive. (Gosh, it's nice to be retired ... and enjoying continuing good health's a bonus). I'm to attend a reunion of former Korea missionaries in NC at the end of July, then visit niece's family in NW GA. It was at that gathering 3 years ago that, after a discussion of U.S. foreign policy, I approached one of the presenters, saying that it has seemed to me increasingly since 9-11, that had the U.S. treated Israel and the Palestinians much more even-handedly during the last 55 years plus ... ...that those planes would have never hit those towers. Looking at me searchingly, he asked whether our talk was off the record. When I asssured him that it was, he replied, "I agree with yu ... 100%", with some emphasis. To add to my dilemma ... my daughter has invited me to her "new" home in AZ to celebrate my 80th birthday next Jan. By plane? - hard on fuel, but I'll probably do that, for I don't have others to visit while in that area. To drive? - (my little car, standard tranny, that costs down hills and to yellow lights, though some say it's illegal)? I plan to do it ... but with some compunctions. We're stealing our grandkids' heritage (of which I have none). I could go to brother's on the bus ... but want to run around visiting friends. I may ride with others to NC - but then have trouble getting to my niece's. I could ride the bus to AZ next Jan ... and may well do that ... but daughter (different generation) takes for granted that it's to be by plane. Actually, I bussed to Edmonton (over 2,000 mi.) when that niece was married in '85 ... then rode with Dad back to Ont, when he came on his annual pilgrimage to visit friends and relatives. Actually ... I don't have much of a dilemma, for I'm going to make those trips, if I continue in good health. But I'll feel some guilty while doing it: one of the dilemmas of life. God trusted this precious world into our hands, to use its resources carefully , wisely and for the benefit of all: does S/He love some more than others? Not according to the Bible that I read. Not only that - my version of common sense says the same thing. Good wishes to all of you for a lovely spring weekend. ole joyful P.S. Sure am thankful that I got my driver's licence retreaded! o j...See MoreAn Interesting Read....(Long, but worth it)
Comments (8)Only a few centuries ago - world population was 1 billion. Only a couple of centuries ago, I think - world population was 2 billion. Now ... world population is 6 billion, or 6.5 billion ... some say 7 billion (or almost that many). We'll soon need that land to grow food. Extended suburbs are hugely costly, in terms of the costs per residence of running power lines ... water lines ... sewer lines. And of maintaining them (which, in many jurisdictions, is low priority, not being very glamorous, as soon-to-be-running-for-election politicians prefer to have their pictures taken with some new project to laying out the funds to upgrade the sewers). How have we lived so long on the earth and learned so little? ole joyful...See Morestory about pond and ice, similar to 'fessing up' very long
Comments (2)That is a good story Moni. I enjoyed it. Leslie...See Morenanny98
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