You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. - Ray Bradbury
I am a native eastern Oregonian, and have lived here 50 of my 62 years. I left at 20, but was back by age 32 to be near my parents to help them in times of need. I don't fit in politically here because I view things from a decidedly left wing perspective... but that's o.k. because I love the people, I love the area and for the most part I like living here. I enjoy family time, listening to music, reading books, traveling, bird watching, hiking, backpacking, watching movies, keeping up on politics, watching sports, sitting at the computer so much I get sores on my ass, and playing music... if you need a band for your party or celebration, let me know; I play keyboards and sing for a rock and roll band, and we do mostly "classic rock". (I also like to play guitar and bass and other instruments, but those are for my private enjoyment only!) I am mainly an agnostic/skeptic, but would consider myself spiritual. I work in schools and in clinical settings as a speech/language therapist. It is enjoyable work and it pays some of the bills. I have a rather unpredictable sense of humor, which can get me in trouble at times, but hey, is life worth living without laughter? I think not!
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Indeed! But every once in a long while "the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many"! :)
Good point, T.!
True, we can never lose sight of ourselves and of our own needs.
What I was getting at by posting that quote is that I wonder how many of us are balanced in regard to weighing our own needs with the thought of what we can do to help ourselves versus what we can do to help the team, the company, the society, and the civilization?
Seems to me we are all generally pretty good at setting our own little things aside for the team, and we can usually do this for the company. Less often, but still sometimes, we do this for the society and the civilization. How can we change our thinking as a country so that more of us want to do more in regard to the society and the civilization?
I guess as the concept becomes larger and less tangible, the more we may tend to turn toward our own needs, which are after all, easiest for us to comprhenend and apply ourselves toward.
Think globally and act locally... not an easy thing to do, really. It is what I try for, anyway.
I understand and appreciate your point, Snave. I commend you for your attempts to "think globally and act locally." Hopefully I am able to follow your example at least half as well, my friend!
Of course that is true and besides WW2 why we pulled out of the Great depression. There is no group effort here and we will win at anything only because of Obama and despite on group effort.
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