Tag: compassion
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April 22, 2008 01:09 PM EDT --
Through the Gather community, I have made some wonderful friends whom I will never forget. They have made such an impact on my life. I had emergency surgery in Aug of 2007. My gather friends sent . . .
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June 15, 2006 01:14 PM EDT --
It was a day like any other at the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Titusville, Florida. But it would prove to be a very special one for a particular waitress named Amy.
The staff was very busy this day, rushing . . .
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August 28, 2007 07:26 AM EDT --
I have had this story saved to my computer for a very long time. I like to read it when I am at low points in my life. It always makes me cry but then I start to feel better. I have no idea who wrote it . . .
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September 13, 2007 07:26 AM EDT --
I'll leave this on the board here for a week so that everyone konows what happened.
Dear dear friends. I've missed you all more than you'll ever know. I've missed my close friends with . . .
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September 13, 2007 09:40 AM EDT --
I do most of my writing at a coffee house known as the Casablanca. On the walls is that kind of dark wood panelling that gives the interior a warm feeling. The casual coffee drinkers that come to visit . . .
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August 15, 2009 12:04 PM EDT --
This is part of an exchange I had on a health care post:
XXXXX Aug 14, 2009, 7:28pm EDT
Redistribution of wealth to meet some arbitrary . . .
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August 25, 2009 06:28 PM EDT --
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. ~ St. . . .
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November 12, 2009 08:23 PM EST --
PEACE, MY FRIENDS.
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October 11, 2009 03:08 PM EDT --
I received this letter from my friend, Marlenia,
concerning her beloved husband, Joe.
"JOE IS IN THE LAST PHASE OF HIS LUNGS....THE BLOOD CLOTS, THE URINARY TRACT . . .
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March 13, 2009 08:59 PM EDT --
People often question the wisdom of those that choose to share personal aspects of their lives on public forums. Sharing my life . . .
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March 20, 2007 09:32 PM EDT --
Breakfast at McDonald's
Please read until the end.
This is a good story and is true, please read it all the way
through until the end! (After the story, there are some very interesting
facts!):
I . . .
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September 03, 2007 08:10 AM EDT --
A contribution to Amy's "The Sea" Competition
My happy sojourn in the spiritually rich Basque country was sadly drawing to an end. I had worked on a farm, I had seen and heard . . .
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October 30, 2007 07:29 PM EDT --
Jesus wept.
Why?
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December 16, 2007 06:14 PM EST --
In our area, there are no homeless who live under bridges or in cardboard boxes on the streets. The homeless here usually live in their cars.
I was just thinking of the homeless. They have nobody . . .
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January 18, 2008 02:46 PM EST --
Forgiveness is an amazing act. When it's used, a person can change a dark and dismal scenario into a warm glowing celebration.
In South Africa, they tell a story about the speed with which God . . .
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August 10, 2008 12:58 PM EDT --
Through the gospels, we come to know a personal Jesus. We see Him not only as God, but as man. And He was a man who had to deal with the same temptations that we do. When He was tempted in the desert . . .
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November 16, 2008 10:09 AM EST --
I was surprised to learn on the CBC this morning that on Wednesday of last week, a group of young women was attacked and acid thrown in their faces. Details are difficult to find (and a bit contradictory): . . .
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April 17, 2009 09:33 AM EDT --
Altona was a youngish man in his thirties. One night, after being restless for most of the night. Eventually he fell asleep and had a wild dream. The dream seems to have had a message for him. He felt . . .
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September 11, 2007 07:05 AM EDT --
Compassion is bringing our deepest truth into our actions, no matter how much the world seems to resist, because that is ultimately what we have to give to this world and one another.
-Ram Dass
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March 23, 2007 12:49 PM EDT --
My eyes, pearl mongers disburse,
Liquid globes from lachrymal sacs,
Sprung out with emotional stirring,
Augmenting expressive depth.
A gifted twosome with thinking their own-
Seem sophisticatedly inclined, . . .
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