SELF-BLAME "You have no one to blame but yourself!"
How often have you had that accusation thrown in your face when something went awry in your plans?
There is a story going the rounds recently, and,I would assume since its lesson is a wide one, a young girl who was celebrating some special moment of her life enjoying ice cream and cake. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, she began to sob and to cry real tears. Someone nearby, concerned with the sudden change of mood and the girl's shift from happiness to extreme misery. "Why are you crying?"
"Because this is so good." she managed, choking back sobs,"This ice cream and cake Both are delicious they are...perfect"
"But, that's no reason for you to cry, honey! You can have some more, after that is done..."
"Yes,I know, but I was just thinking of how bad it will be when it is all gone! We won't have any at all! How will we get along? All gone! Every bit - gone! None left!"
It all sounds childish, doesn't it but it is more real than we might want to admit in many areas. Political doomsayers are are less than a-dime-per-dozen. They tend to
forget the "good" we enjoy; to question the validity of much that we have by new, questionable standards.
We are going through a political phase of its pathetic action daily and heaping enmity and hate upon the very blessings we enjoy. While we have secure stature among Mankind's many variations, we should not dwell on potential events which have not yet taken place and which, in many cases, will never happen. To dwell on the negative, worst-case previews of self-appointed critics and judges could be costly.
We need to attest, by actions, which show our time-tested loyalty to basic principles of true freedom for all.
A.L.M. December 5, 2005 [c391wds]
SELF-BLAME
"You have no one to blame but yourself!"
How often have you had that accusation thrown in your face when something went awry in your plans?
There is a story going the rounds recently, and,I would assume since its lesson is a wide one, a young girl who was celebrating some special moment of her life enjoying ice cream and cake. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, she began to sob and to cry real tears.
Someone nearby, concerned with the sudden change of mood and the girl's shift from happiness to extreme misery. "Why are you crying?"
"Because this is so good." she managed, choking back sobs,"This ice cream and cake Both are delicious they are...perfect"
"But, that's no reason for you to cry, honey! You can have some more, after that is done..."
"Yes,I know, but I was just thinking of how bad it will be when it is all gone! We won't have any at all! How will we get along? All gone! Every bit - gone! None left!"
It all sounds childish, doesn't it but it is more real than we might want to admit in many areas. Political doomsayers are are less than a-dime-per-dozen. They tend to
forget the "good" we enjoy; to question the validity of much that we have by new, questionable standards.
We are going through a political phase of its pathetic action daily and heaping enmity and hate upon the very blessings we enjoy. While we have secure stature among Mankind's many variations, we should not dwell on potential events which have not yet taken place and which, in many cases, will never happen. To dwell on the negative, worst-case previews of self-appointed critics and judges could be costly.
We need to attest, by actions, which show our time-tested loyalty to basic principles of true freedom for all.
A.L.M. December 5, 2005 [c391wds]
SELF-BLAME
"You have no one to blame but yourself!"
How often have you had that accusation thrown in your face when something went awry in your plans?
There is a story going the rounds recently, and,I would assume since its lesson is a wide one, a young girl who was celebrating some special moment of her life enjoying ice cream and cake. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, she began to sob and to cry real tears.
Someone nearby, concerned with the sudden change of mood and the girl's shift from happiness to extreme misery. "Why are you crying?"
"Because this is so good." she managed, choking back sobs,"This ice cream and cake Both are delicious they are...perfect"
"But, that's no reason for you to cry, honey! You can have some more, after that is done..."
"Yes,I know, but I was just thinking of how bad it will be when it is all gone! We won't have any at all! How will we get along? All gone! Every bit - gone! None left!"
It all sounds childish, doesn't it but it is more real than we might want to admit in many areas. Political doomsayers are are less than a-dime-per-dozen. They tend to
forget the "good" we enjoy; to question the validity of much that we have by new, questionable standards.
We are going through a political phase of its pathetic action daily and heaping enmity and hate upon the very blessings we enjoy. While we have secure stature among Mankind's many variations, we should not dwell on potential events which have not yet taken place and which, in many cases, will never happen. To dwell on the negative, worst-case previews of self-appointed critics and judges could be costly.
We need to attest, by actions, which show our time-tested loyalty to basic principles of true freedom for all.
A.L.M. December 5, 2005 [c391wds]
SELF-BLAME
"You have no one to blame but yourself!"
How often have you had that accusation thrown in your face when something went awry in your plans?
There is a story going the rounds recently, and,I would assume since its lesson is a wide one, a young girl who was celebrating some special moment of her life enjoying ice cream and cake. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, she began to sob and to cry real tears.
Someone nearby, concerned with the sudden change of mood and the girl's shift from happiness to extreme misery. "Why are you crying?"
"Because this is so good." she managed, choking back sobs,"This ice cream and cake Both are delicious they are...perfect"
"But, that's no reason for you to cry, honey! You can have some more, after that is done..."
"Yes,I know, but I was just thinking of how bad it will be when it is all gone! We won't have any at all! How will we get along? All gone! Every bit - gone! None left!"
It all sounds childish, doesn't it but it is more real than we might want to admit in many areas. Political doomsayers are are less than a-dime-per-dozen. They tend to
forget the "good" we enjoy; to question the validity of much that we have by new, questionable standards.
We are going through a political phase of its pathetic action daily and heaping enmity and hate upon the very blessings we enjoy. While we have secure stature among Mankind's many variations, we should not dwell on potential events which have not yet taken place and which, in many cases, will never happen. To dwell on the negative, worst-case previews of self-appointed critics and judges could be costly.
We need to attest, by actions, which show our time-tested loyalty to basic principles of true freedom for all.
A.L.M. December 5, 2005 [c391wds]
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