I commented to Aadil, and then realized that my feelings were relevant to a bunch of you! Kindly read on:
When I read about how things are in the world, often it makes me humble.
People are incredible, living in so many places, so many different cultures, so many different living conditions.
My hat is off to you, Aadil and all my Ifriends, thanks for opening my eyes to so much.
Aadil and to all my dear friends, thank you for sharing you life and thoughts with me. I am learning so much and you are all so patient answering my questions and clarifying situations.
It is too easy to forget that the rest of the world can be so entirely dissimilar and nonequal as compared with my existance.
Actually, I have to remember to take off my "rose-colored glasses" so to speak. Some of you have complained about "Americans not caring about the rest of the world". Well, I do! Perhaps the rest of America is just tired of the all-too-frequent-media-involved-exsistance! Can't get away from the information of everything! After a while, I have to say, "Too much! Info overload!"
Admitting that, for me, I tend to and want to see good in the world and excellent situations and beauty, actively shyying away from the bad and wars and dismal situations -- well, it is not that I don't know about it, just that I have the basic-American attitude that, after 53 years on this planet, show me the GOOD! Just too tired of the abominable, atrocious, and immoral -- gives me nightmares! Let the young deal with it. Can they change the world as many of us have failed to do? Have I made a difference?
One of my besties says that the horrible has always been in the world, it is just now that people really know about it with the advent of "instant media". She says to change what I can, if I need to, and what I can't do, accept.
Someone else told me she believed we were living in different levels of "Hell"! There is Heaven here, too, I say; too many people forget that.
Waves, yes. I believe that the majority of my actions have started ripples of good that will continue to grow into waves and waves of good! At times, I have even made my own waves... This means, yes, I and many of we "great unknown" have accomplished something; and that is helping the world by just being here!
My apologies to those that merit it! If that sounds high-faluting, well, that is the way I choose to go. Blanket apologies will not come from me because some people truly deserve no apologies whatsoever for what they have done to me! I may not say anything, but I do remember the good and bad!
Someone once told me that if I get "taken advantage of" and don't know about it, then it is my fault because I "allowed it"; so when I do realize, it is all my fault. The aforementioned statement is not my belief or attitude.
Honestly, I still can't believe some people! Literally and figuratively!
Forgive my digression. The vast majority of you, my Ifriends, have my love and kisses and you know who you are!
Blessings
xxxxoooo
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