What a refreshing post to start my day. Thanks, Bill, so much. I'm sure
there are many more folks that feel like you do, and I just want to let you
know there is at least one on this list.
Some days I've been discouraged from OT posts to the point of almost leaving
the list, but the last few days have the worst by far.
Wayne
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From: <NSURIT@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:34 PM
Subject: [OM] Searching for balance, joy and on topic postings
>
> Having been away for about 8 days, I haven't missed a great deal. A few
> thoughts which don't exactly fit with the sewer currently floating through
this
> list.
>
> 1) In the midst of doing my job, I had the opportunity today to deliver a
> check from my insurance company to one of the people who is living in our
> community because of the storm. Not a heroic deed, just doing what I get
paid to
> do and spending a little time trying to bring some hope and comfort to
> another human being.
>
> 2) Folks in the Houston area are fortunate as we are able to step up to
the
> plate and work with these people in their time of need. Unlike many who
can
> really only send their financial resources we are able in a more real way
to
> share what it is to be a human being. Some would say we are blessed to
have
> this opportunity. Not wishing to offend anyone on the list I won't say
it .
> . . and I will continue to feel it.
>
> 3) The circumstances these people and their communities find themselves in
> is what is so. No "would of," "should of" or "could of" is going to change
the
> reality of this moment in their life. It is difficult to feel anything
> other than compassion for them. I do. My family and my community are
reaching
> out and helping to make their lives a little easier. What I find most
> distressing currently is the vitriolic criticism of those in authority
and the way
> people politicize this horrible natural disaster. That is exactly what
is
> currently going on with this list. It has no place here . . . or really
any
> place else.
>
> 4) This might be a good time for each of us to take a breath, take a
break,
> get a life and reflect on how good we each have it. A little gratitude
goes
> a long way to bringing joy into ones life. Having to be right, to blame
> others, to take no responsibility seems to have exactly the opposite
affect.
>
> 5) Photography - oh, yes, that is what brings us together, isn't it? If
you
> get the urge to say something nasty about someone or something, why don't
> you go to _http://hpsonline.org_ (http://hpsonline.org) (which I posted
this
> morning) and read my president's message for September, tell me why you
do or
> don't like the images I made with my Agfa Clack, why you do or don't like
> what I wrote in the newsletter or maybe even come up with something that
is on
> topic to post to this list. It might even be nice if you can't come up
with
> an on topic post, to hear about what you are grateful for today.
>
> I hope some will accept my challenge. This ship is way off course and
> sailing into a hurricane of its own. Bill Barber
>
>
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