It was the year Hitler's moustache appeared on the likeness of an American President. Israel refused to stop building. Palestine would not come to the table. In Germany a former-student pulled a Columbine. In Iran, a protester was arrested; a week later his family was summoned to pick up his body. (The boy was unrecognizable; his teeth and fingernails were missing.) In Alaska, thousands of walrus were stranded on a beach that used to be an iceshelf where they had hunted for hundreds of years; the ice had melted in to the sea. Seattle set record high temps. Even before the Santa Ana winds, southern California burned. In New Orleans the replacement levees were deemed worthless. The whole world was hungry. Terrorists plotted. Atlanta rains fell in feet, not inches. Flu crossed international borders, filling lungs. One of two surviving rhinos in a South African refuge was poached for its horn. Corporate criminals refused to show remorse. In Baltimore, cats and dogs were doused with gasoline, set on fire. Everywhere people lost jobs, lost homes, lost their pensions, their savings. The Taliban returned to Afghanistan. North Korea tested warfare. Darfur saw continued genicide. Cars, marriages and communications broke down. Cancers infiltrated body and bone. Civil rights were denied from China to California. In Iraq, thousands of innocent people were killed. Across America, every nine and a half minutes, some one became infected with HIV. Dover Airforce Base kept receiving boxes draped in flags. Domestic abuse and divorce rates increased. And you, even you, felt your heart plucked out.You should see what grew back in.
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Dear forget-me-not:
we find the feeling of fear and pessimism at a lot of people who in their hearts, compassion and love ......
Much of what we are seeing now in the world right now,very sad... wars and occupation in many areas, conflicts and terrorism ..... we all live on earth and breathe the same air. earth for all of us ... but there is a group of people calling for peace But the truth is they does not want peace ... they want to control. for what ?....
To be frank with you I am putting the man who does not respect others or mocked of friend .... Is like the blowing war in the middle of innocent people ...
I'm sure that this kind of people have the disease in their minds...........Also, I believe by the end of the world one day ... or I believe I will die one day ...
I'm sure these type of people who kill and terrorize..they will pay a heavy price...
Dear forget..take care my friend,and I congratulate you for this feeling, you are a woman carrying in her heart, compassion and love for others.
have a wonderful life.
? AMEUR.
Forget-me-Not said:
Dear Ameur,
Time has changed me so much and i used to be very optimisitc by nature, but since a few yeas, and as i grew older, I can't help to be a little pessimistic and afraid, but more than that, i feel a deep sadness in my soul, as i can not understand the reasons of such a mess. Why do some people feel the need to cheat and to have the power on others ? Why do so many of us lie, why does money run te world, why for some governments humans life means nothing ? Why do millions of people around the world die from hunger when we know that there is enough food on earth to feed every single human being.... why ... why ? I could go on like this for hours... Tell me Ameur how could i be optimistic ? Believe me, I want to be , just try to give me some reasons...
Thanks for answering this post, you gave me a reason to open my heart .
Wishing you all the best. Forget-me-not
Ameur said:
Dear Forget-me-not:Do not be afraid and do not pessimisti ,the day will come and each one of us will find what he did.... and I say every human being traded war or terrorism or murder or spreading hatred among people and between religions and between civilizations, the day will come and pay the price...
Time has changed me so much and i used to be very optimisitc by nature, but since a few yeas, and as i grew older, I can't help to be a little pessimistic and afraid, but more than that, i feel a deep sadness in my soul, as i can not understand the reasons of such a mess. Why do some people feel the need to cheat and to have the power on others ? Why do so many of us lie, why does money run te world, why for some governments humans life means nothing ?
Why do millions of people around the world die from hunger when we know that there is enough food on earth to feed every single human being.... why ... why ? I could go on like this for hours... Tell me Ameur how could i be optimistic ? Believe me, I want to be , just try to give me some reasons...
Thanks for answering this post, you gave me a reason to open my heart .
Wishing you all the best.
Forget-me-not
Ameur said:
Dear Forget-me-not:Do not be afraid and do not pessimisti ,the day will come and each one of us will find what he did.... and I say every human being traded war or terrorism or murder or spreading hatred among people and between religions and between civilizations, the day will come and pay the price...
Dear Forget-me-not:Do not be afraid and do not pessimisti ,the day will come and each one of us will find what he did.... and I say every human being traded war or terrorism or murder or spreading hatred among people and between religions and between civilizations, the day will come and pay the price...
Yes, all was resumed by the people who answered this post, and of course we have to put our own house in order before looking at the others, and each of the little actions we do on our side, is supposed to improve this world, but, still i became so pessimistic, as when i wake up in the morning, and read the newspaper or watch the news, all i can see or hear are sad things, cheatings, corruption, lies, crimes, wars, natural disasters...
And now, on the top of this, there is the H1N1 flue and all the incredible story about it !!! I need a break !!!
Thanks for your opinion, i really appreciatedto read all the answers to this post.
Have a good day,
Forget-me-not
mojtaba said:
dear forget me not hi you are right . all these are facts , these are hapening in our country ( iran ) . we see them and some times it makes us angry or even hopeless but it is not a good way to solve these . we should try to make a better iran and then a better world , we can and we should do it , we should just begin , you and me for iran , you and me for the world , you and me can do lots of things , as nafis said we should begin with ourselves . thanks for good topic best wishes
Thanks for reading this post and for giving us your opinion. Yes, i guess we all hope our world will change in the good way. It is said that hope is life.... but when thinking deelpy about this, unfortunately i have some doubts. I wish i was as optimistic as my dearest Nafis :))
Have a nice day .
Forget-me-not
reem ali said:
Hi Forget-me-not Yes my dear. You are right. A lot of miserable actions happened and will happen. Do you Know Why? I think my dear because the oppressive power is controlling this world. Of course Nafis told us the logical reasons for that. The reasons for these bad changes are existed inside us. We lie, cheat, and we are readyto do anything even if it was bad to get our benefits. I hope this world get better one day. Thanks my dear for this a great topic. Reem
Hi Forget-me-not
Yes my dear. You are right. A lot of miserable actions happened and will happen. Do you Know Why? I think my dear because the oppressive power is controlling this world. Of course Nafis told us the logical reasons for that. The reasons for these bad changes are existed inside us. We lie, cheat, and we are readyto do anything even if it was bad to get our benefits. I hope this world get better one day. Thanks my dear for this a great topic.
Reem
I agree with all things that you and Nafis said here.And I know that we should see good things too.Fortunately, the World isn't without kind people.We should think positively in order to make good changes.Your post and our responses are small steps which are taking us to the positive changes.I hope our EC will help us to know more about other countries and their problems and to be not just a citizen of any special country ,but the CITIZEN OF THE WORLD!
But, with all these negative things that is happening in our world, I am so hopeful since there are a lot of people who think differently and they are also fed up with these attitudes and manners. Your article is one evidence. So, these positive fabulous people can bring positivity into our world. More people nowadays don't like to fight or they are against any violance. So, I think the future is brighter.
My dear forget-me-not, we will win one day.
With lotsssssssssssssss of love and a big tight hug for youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu thousands times from here,
Nafis
I agree with all these things you said here. All are negatives but, last week, I read an article in which discussed that we deserve what we get. I mean, we should look at ourselves first. The roots of the problem is not outside. In contrary, the roots of the problems are inside. What did we do that we deserve all these negatives incidents? First, we forget our true inner self. I mean, we tell lies, we cheat on our friends and family members and relatives. We are sooooo selfish. We want all benefits only for ourselves. If we have money, we want to make our home bigger, we want to have the best clothes and so on. We never think about others, about our neighbour. We are looking for god in skies but we forget our neighbour. We donate only to attract other's attention not because we, in our heart, want to help. We want to SHow off how much we are fantastic. So, world doesn't work with these constructed rules. So, we have these problems. In fact, we should look at ourselves first and change ourselves, be kind with our neighbour, not to be selfish, tell the truth even if it is against us and so on. So, what I think is that the roots of all problems are inside me.
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we find the feeling of fear and pessimism at a lot of people who in their hearts, compassion and love ......
Much of what we are seeing now in the world right now,very sad... wars and occupation in many areas, conflicts and terrorism ..... we all live on earth and breathe the same air. earth for all of us ... but there is a group of people calling for peace But the truth is they does not want peace ... they want to control. for what ?....
To be frank with you I am putting the man who does not respect others or mocked of friend .... Is like the blowing war in the middle of innocent people ...
I'm sure that this kind of people have the disease in their minds...........Also, I believe by the end of the world one day ... or I believe I will die one day ...
I'm sure these type of people who kill and terrorize..they will pay a heavy price...
Dear forget..take care my friend,and I congratulate you for this feeling, you are a woman carrying in her heart, compassion and love for others.
have a wonderful life.
? AMEUR.
Forget-me-Not said:
Time has changed me so much and i used to be very optimisitc by nature, but since a few yeas, and as i grew older, I can't help to be a little pessimistic and afraid, but more than that, i feel a deep sadness in my soul, as i can not understand the reasons of such a mess. Why do some people feel the need to cheat and to have the power on others ? Why do so many of us lie, why does money run te world, why for some governments humans life means nothing ?
Why do millions of people around the world die from hunger when we know that there is enough food on earth to feed every single human being.... why ... why ? I could go on like this for hours... Tell me Ameur how could i be optimistic ? Believe me, I want to be , just try to give me some reasons...
Thanks for answering this post, you gave me a reason to open my heart .
Wishing you all the best.
Forget-me-not
Ameur said:
Take care dear friend.
? AMEUR
Yes, all was resumed by the people who answered this post, and of course we have to put our own house in order before looking at the others, and each of the little actions we do on our side, is supposed to improve this world, but, still i became so pessimistic, as when i wake up in the morning, and read the newspaper or watch the news, all i can see or hear are sad things, cheatings, corruption, lies, crimes, wars, natural disasters...
And now, on the top of this, there is the H1N1 flue and all the incredible story about it !!! I need a break !!!
Thanks for your opinion, i really appreciatedto read all the answers to this post.
Have a good day,
Forget-me-not
mojtaba said:
Thanks for reading this post and for giving us your opinion. Yes, i guess we all hope our world will change in the good way. It is said that hope is life.... but when thinking deelpy about this, unfortunately i have some doubts. I wish i was as optimistic as my dearest Nafis :))
Have a nice day .
Forget-me-not
reem ali said:
Yes my dear. You are right. A lot of miserable actions happened and will happen. Do you Know Why? I think my dear because the oppressive power is controlling this world. Of course Nafis told us the logical reasons for that. The reasons for these bad changes are existed inside us. We lie, cheat, and we are readyto do anything even if it was bad to get our benefits. I hope this world get better one day. Thanks my dear for this a great topic.
Reem
I agree with all things that you and Nafis said here.And I know that we should see good things too.Fortunately, the World isn't without kind people.We should think positively in order to make good changes.Your post and our responses are small steps which are taking us to the positive changes.I hope our EC will help us to know more about other countries and their problems and to be not just a citizen of any special country ,but the CITIZEN OF THE WORLD!
Thank you for this post.
Ruzan
My dear forget-me-not, we will win one day.
With lotsssssssssssssss of love and a big tight hug for youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu thousands times from here,
Nafis
I agree with all these things you said here. All are negatives but, last week, I read an article in which discussed that we deserve what we get. I mean, we should look at ourselves first. The roots of the problem is not outside. In contrary, the roots of the problems are inside. What did we do that we deserve all these negatives incidents? First, we forget our true inner self. I mean, we tell lies, we cheat on our friends and family members and relatives. We are sooooo selfish. We want all benefits only for ourselves. If we have money, we want to make our home bigger, we want to have the best clothes and so on. We never think about others, about our neighbour. We are looking for god in skies but we forget our neighbour. We donate only to attract other's attention not because we, in our heart, want to help. We want to SHow off how much we are fantastic. So, world doesn't work with these constructed rules. So, we have these problems. In fact, we should look at ourselves first and change ourselves, be kind with our neighbour, not to be selfish, tell the truth even if it is against us and so on. So, what I think is that the roots of all problems are inside me.