Not that I'm entirely convinced that there is such a thing as good and bad...
But certain occurrences and patterns of behavior inspire feelings that are certainly easy to describe as BAD and difficult to avoid the looming feeling of EVIL...
War is clearly one such phenomenon. last night I watched a japanese animation movie called Hotaru no haka (A Grave of Fireflies)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/ Touching, painful, sad, harsh... all too commonly occuring... all too true.
Then today i get two forwarded messages one with this attached:
http://tinyurl.com/54vubcand the other with this:
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all i can say, is please, no. If anyone reading this is doing anything to directly or indirectly support any sort of war, please stop. just stop. and if your into praying or hoping or intending, please do.
may peace find its way into our hearts and lives... one hopeful breath at a time...
and finally to celebrate a bit more uplifting message:
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One sunny day in 2009 an old man approached the White House from across
Pennsylvania Avenue , where he'd been sitting on a park bench.
He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, 'I would like to go in
and meet with President Bush.
The Marine looked at the man and said, 'Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president
and no longer resides here. The old man said, 'Okay' and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the
same Marine 'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.
The Marine again told the man, 'Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no
longer president and no longer resides here. The man thanked him and, again,
just walked away.
The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very
same U. S. Marine, saying 'I would like to go in and meet with President
Bush.
The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and
said, 'Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to
speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the
president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?
The old man looked at the Marine and said, 'Oh, I understand. I just love
hearing it.
The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, 'See you tomorrow.'
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blessings, hope and small melancholic smiles....
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.:.joshua
I stood in this the day it arrived:
http://cropcircleconnector.com/2008/080808/080808.html
http://gotblogua.gotjosh.net