June 26, 2008 at 3:17 pm (All Blogs, All Personals)
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I met a woman recently who was convinced that her failing marriage was entirely the fault of the woman that her ex-husband cheated with and remarried. She wished and prayed daily for nothing more than an eternal life of much damnation for this woman.
I don’t believe she’s succeeded.
I tried with much effort to feel her pain and empathize. I tried to make her see some reason and focus on her growing children and their future. I tried to convince her to save her prayers for useful matter and turn her devotion back to God. I tried to ask her to leave her ex-husband and this woman in God’s capable hands and trust God’s will.
I don’t believe I succeeded.
Loba
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June 25, 2008 at 3:07 pm (All Blogs, All Personals)
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I have come to see how quickly one can change. How quickly evil can seep into people. It’s all a matter of habit. I strongly believe that.
I have always been fond of saying how we are all creatures of habit and I firmly believe it to this day. Habits, good or bad, define us. They define our quality of life, character, ethics and foundation of beliefs.
Unfortunately many bad actions, though they may seem insignificant at the time, if repeated will very likely develop into long-term habits. Such habits can include drinking, smoking, using violence, gossiping, judging, embracing sheer arrogance or spreading ignorance at worst.
I feel truly blessed to be able to at least detect this and to try and sometimes be able to stop the growth of such mold wherever possible. I just hope others do too.
Loba
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May 17, 2008 at 7:36 am (All Blogs, All Personals, All Quotes)
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“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
“The official death toll from Burma’s killer cyclone has nearly doubled to 78,000 as aid workers hampered by the country’s un-cooperative military regime struggled to get basic data about the needs of up to 2.5 million desperate survivors.
Burma state television said the official death count from the May 3 cyclone was 77,738, with another 55,917 missing. The Red Cross warned that the lack of clean water may increase the number of deaths.” – Press Association
Let’s put Humanity First! Let’s not buy that nice dress or shoes this weekend and donate at least $20 that could essentially save lives. There will always be nice dresses and shoes in stores but lives cannot be reversed!
Remember that WE ARE BLESSED! We are blessed to have a home, have shelter, food, money, access to technology, health care. We are blessed to be able to see, write, type, read, listen and not be afraid for our lives and the lives of our loved ones.
If situation was reversed, we’d plead for help and people would step up from all over the world to help. We have to do the same. We are all of one kind. We laugh, and cry, and are as vulnerable if put in the same conditions. We deserve to have our basic necessities of life met.
Please help Humanity First help those in great need. Every dollar counts. Every dollar always counts!
Loba
“Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!” – Henri Amiel
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May 8, 2008 at 9:25 am (All Blogs)
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Humanity First has launched an urgent appeal for Burma Cyclone ‘Nargis’ Relief Fund to provide Humanitarian assistance to the victims hit by the cyclone. When this disastrous, category III cyclone, set down with 120 mile-per-hour winds on Saturday, it ripped apart cities, shantytowns, and villages throughout the Burmese nation of 56 million, leaving a path of destruction and hundreds of thousands homeless. It arced from the Irrawaddy delta in the southwest, to Rangoon (Yangon), the former capital, farther north. The city was reduced to a chaotic standstill by Monday, with no electricity and long lines for water. The official figures put the death toll at 22,500, with a further 41,000 missing.
In many villages, reports suggest that 30% of the population have perished and many more are injured. Over a million people are now believed to be homeless, many of them young children. They lack shelter, medication, food and clean water, and require urgent assistance. The Burmese authorities have declared five regions Yangon, Bago, Kavin, Ayeyarvady and Mon as disaster areas.
Humanity First is investigating the best method of getting aid to the desperate people as quickly as possible and it aims to provide food, clean water and basic rations to the dislocated people, especially children who would be more susceptible to water borne diseases, as reports have already confirmed that 40% of the Burma dead are children. Food shortages and contaminated water can lead to widespread problems if people remain stranded. Humanity First has mobilized its teams to respond to requests for help in the severely affected towns and villages. Funds are required urgently to accelerate the distribution of essential supplies.
Time is of the essence for bringing in vital supplies, including food and water-purification tablets, if a worse humanitarian crisis and higher death toll are to be avoided. Thousands of people are getting sick and many places are under salt water, and there is nothing to drink. The victims are in urgent need of food, fresh water and medical supplies that are running low. There is a danger of spread of water borne diseases due to contaminated water.
Humanity First is seeking your generous contributions to continue with its relief efforts. Donations towards the “Burma Cyclone Relief Fund” can be made online at www.humanityfirst.ca or through cheques written to Humanity First – Burma Cyclone Relief Fund, 245 Bowes Road, Concord, ON, L4K 1H8.
About Humanity First
Humanity First is an International Non-Profit Charitable Organization established to promote and safeguard the preservation of human life and dignity.
Humanity First is a non-political, non-sectarian international relief and development agency that works with communities around the globe to improve the quality of life for some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Humanity First has been granted a special consultative status with the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). For further information please visit our website http://www.humanityfirst.ca
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March 28, 2008 at 10:21 am (All Blogs, All Personals)
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I wonder what it really takes for people to constantly excuse their behavior and rationalize their lack of ethics and morals. It must be exhausting to be like that.
How can people live with themselves high in webs of lies and deceit? Is it so much better to ruin another’s day, self worth or even life and then say “it’s just business”?
Are such people so low or maybe rather high on themselves to believe that it’s acceptable to stomp on ethics and hurt others, all for the sake of “success” and material gain?
Unless one is born with a lower intelligence or has an inability to mentally differentiate right from wrong, I’m not one to excuse such behavior as ignorance. My sympathy is spent on the ones who actually deserve it.
I can’t help but find such people disgusting to the core of their self-reduced beings and have no tolerance whatsoever for such attitude. Respectful people deserve respect and the rest deserve much controlled silence.
Loba
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January 25, 2008 at 4:35 pm (All Blogs, All Personals, All Reviews)
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There’s no doubt that we’re all environmentally conscious. We all know the environment’s wellbeing is directly co-related to our wellbeing. Yet, isn’t it ironic that we all read or have magazine or newspaper subscriptions, buy books, print useless stuff at work and continuously waste paper? What’s even more sad is that we actually turn to environmental magazines for news on how to save the environment and print countless material for environmental presentations and conferences.
International Paper, a major Staples supplier, “sold 5.7 million acres of its forestland, which represented nearly 90 percent of our U.S. lands.” The company presently owns about 500,000 acres in the U.S., and they own, manage or have harvesting rights to nearly 2 million acres of forestlands in Brazil and Russia.”
They are asked: “Why not make higher recycled-content paper and minimize harvesting?” They answer: “We agree, and are working to get there. Our industry’s waste reduction record is enviable. We’ve invested billions toward maximizing utilization in our harvesting and manufacturing processes. We now use every bit of the stem of the tree, and we have made important improvements in recycling technology. (Earlier this year, FPAC companies set a collective target to increase paper recovery rates in Canada by 25%)” (Click here for source)
While their efforts are commendable, they obviously must supply and meet the demand. Sadly, when recycled paper is used, price of the magazines or newspapers may rise, which subsequently reduces readership and companies may consider profitability and go back to cutting down trees.
We must remember that every corporation’s number one aim is PROFIT and nothing else. Otherwise they would either cease to exist or be forced to seek costly alternatives. Sure we can recycle the newspapers, magazines and all other useless material but isn’t that a reactive approach? Proactive thinking would be to consider how much would be saved if we all stopped buying and reading magazines, newspapers, and even books and demanded online access to the information?
Time after time, I manage to prove to myself that there’s always room for self-improvement and progress. If we wish the world to change then we must make serious effort and radical changes in our lifestyle and aim to become better at recognizing our own flaws. Only then can we truly say that we are environmentally aware and friendly.
Loba
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January 24, 2008 at 12:05 am (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.” – Joseph Addison
“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.” – Mother Teresa
“Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue that unites men and inspires their noblest efforts.” – Conrad Hilton
“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” – Anne Frank
“The man of wisdom is never in two minds about right and wrong; the man of benevolence never worries about the future; the man of courage is never afraid.” – Confucius
“The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God.” – Robert Burns
“For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.” – Baruch Spinoza
“Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.” – Horace Mann
“The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.” – Unknown
“To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.” – Ann Plato
“Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give, I give myself.” – Walt Whitman
“The principle of liberty and equality, if coupled with mere selfishness, will make men only devils, each trying to be independent that he may fight only for his own interest. And here is the need of religion and its power, to bring in the principle of benevolence and love to men.” – John Randolph
“If you haven’t got charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” – Bob Hope
“How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!” – Hosea Ballou
“Every fresh act of benevolence is the herald of deeper satisfaction; every charitable act a stepping-stone towards heaven.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts of benevolence. How strange that so few of us try a course of the same medicine!” – John Frederick Boyes
“The only way to be loved is to be and to appear lovely; to possess and display kindness, benevolence, tenderness; to be free from selfishness and to be alive to the welfare of others.” – John Jay
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January 22, 2008 at 11:30 pm (All Blogs, All Personals, All Reviews)
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I wonder how many think it’s alright to do a little evil for a greater good. I recently watched the movie American Gangster
and was overcome with questions.
I wonder how many of us would return a million dollars if we just happened to find it in an abandoned car.
I wonder how many of us would actually have the decency to report our own friend if she/he had hurt someone or done even worse.
I wonder how many of us would think that hurting others would be fine, as long as it was for our families to be safe and wealthy.
I really wonder. Are we really so lost to differentiate between right and wrong? Or do people believe that right and wrong has its own set of grey shades?
Loba
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