LOVE WORKS DAILY 06/02/07 - APATHY

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LOVE WORKS DAILY 06/02/07 - APATHY
 

Happy June To You!  Wishing you best of blessings
in this first month of summer! 
 
 
INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT:
(Great Thoughts By History's Inspired Thinking Men and Women)
 
If you are losing a tug-of-war with a tiger,
give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can
always buy a new rope.
 
-Max Gunther
 

TIM's BLOG
(Random Thoughts and Tim's Daily World):
 
Can a person do too much?  Can they give too much?
Surely you must have a hidden motive...Right?
 
I would never have expected in the whole world that someone
would be threatened by someone who does TOO much.  But I guess
that it does happen. 
 
I not going to give much energy to this, or power to it, as
the case may be, but I am needing to address it here in this forum
because I have spent the last six years addressing the "real
me" as I go along.  Maybe not the ME that you would like,
or even the ME that I would like all the time.
 
But honesty is a very important thing to me, and as I've written
about in detail lately.  Integrity.
 
The truth is that I am hurting right now. 
 
Someone didn't do it TO ME, I've let it happen to me.
Despite my best effort to
be a bigger person and let it go, some very hurtful things were
said to me about me and my family, and I can manage to
"give them no power" for only a few minutes at a time.
 
But, that is better than I did yesterday.  And I'm sure I
will do better with it tomorrow.
 
It's really hard to handle when someone says or does things in
an intentionally hurtful manner toward you....
 
But I keep reminding myself some very wise words....The one who intentionally
hurts another is doing so because they hurt.  They are hurt
and angry about things that are usually not even about you.  You just happened
to be there.
 
I just happened to be there. 
 
But...the key is...they hurt you only as much as you let them.
 
I'm still letting them hurt me a bit today...but that will not
stop me, or even slow me down. 
 
If I am defeated by a lie, by someone else's anger and pain,
I miss the chance to see the real opportunity.
 
To Love And Be Loved...Anyway!
 
I'm sure that the person who said these mean spirited and hateful
things to me needs Love even more than the person who says
kind things to me....
 
That doesn't mean I'm not human...and would like to smack them
silly!
 
 
 
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
(Brand New and Classic Love Works Essays 2001-2007)
 

Yesterday, I was talking with my brother on the phone
and he reminded me of a conversation we had a number of months
ago regarding APATHY.
 
We were talking about the various ills in the world,  and
how he thought that APATHY was amongst the biggest, if not THE
biggest.
 
People just don't seem to care anymore.
 
Just check out how many people vote, or attend a PTA meeting,
or visiting the sick or elderly.
 
Not caring is a really big problem.
 
So I have thought over the months about writing about
Apathy.
 
How could I best describe how devastating wide-speed apathy
could be?
 
What if everyone stopped caring about everything?
 
What would happen if no one did anything?
 
What if APATHY actually grabbed hold of you and me and everyone we
know?
 
That is my question.
 
What would happen?
 
The answer is..........
 
 
 
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Love In Thought! Love In Word! Love In Action!
 
Love To You Today!
 
 
 
"May we endeavor today to increase our understanding and appreciation of
what others have given and contributed to us. And develop constant,
mindful consideration of how our thoughts and actions will BENEFICIALLY
CONTRIBUTE to others"
 
The best to you today in discovering the answers to life's difficult
questions!
 
 
 
A Final Thought:
 
Love is always the right thing to do. Even if it isn't the easiest
thing to do.
 
May we have compassion for the struggles of others, wisdom to
acknowledge our own, and courage to address them both every day.
 
Respectfully,
Tim
 

This is a daily newsletter of LOVE WORKS DAILY:
A collective of individuals of different beliefs and
backgrounds, dedicated to a better world by living LOVE in thought,
word and action. Compassion. Wisdom. Courage.
 
 

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http://loveworks.ebloggy.com/
 
 
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Peace be with you.
 
From LOVE WORKS DAILY 11/01/05
(c)2007 T.Thomas Henry
 
 
 
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