tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post7469937551820933233..comments2024-03-28T23:08:18.504+00:00Comments on You are witty and pretty! : Starfish politics Brittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-85493284196955009562016-02-10T15:14:46.466+00:002016-02-10T15:14:46.466+00:00Oh, I just discovered this comment, Elaine - thank...Oh, I just discovered this comment, Elaine - thank you and sorry for answering so late. Two friends of mine had their CD-release last weekend - the CD is called "Little Things" - and really: often these make happiness. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-453033271028210072016-02-07T19:29:59.607+00:002016-02-07T19:29:59.607+00:00You have hit the nail on the head Britta - small t...You have hit the nail on the head Britta - small things all help in the big scheme of things.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-35552179426228059252016-02-07T17:34:32.369+00:002016-02-07T17:34:32.369+00:00The world would be nicer, I agree with you, Emma. ...The world would be nicer, I agree with you, Emma. Somtimes I think it is the anonymity of the huge numbers which makes everyone think: Why I? In little communities it might be easier to be seen (and watched) - and knowing whom to help. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-20799139351722014142016-02-07T17:31:14.752+00:002016-02-07T17:31:14.752+00:00Geo., you cannot imagine how much your kind words ...Geo., you cannot imagine how much your kind words mean to mean, thank you! Being an example - I don't know. But I try to use sense and sensibility. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-46412919097239103972016-02-07T17:29:13.016+00:002016-02-07T17:29:13.016+00:00Yes, it applies to many things. Interesting: when ...Yes, it applies to many things. Interesting: when something gets difficult (a train stops because of snow) people start to talk to each other and help. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-4267775348481433352016-02-07T17:27:18.667+00:002016-02-07T17:27:18.667+00:00I believe that is the reason, Pondside. Maybe the ...I believe that is the reason, Pondside. Maybe the idea of "so many" makes people feel overwhelmed and motionless. Pity - because a little helps a long way. <br />And I think that for the first time in my generation people see what they till now could forget easily - war was far away, hunger too. Now the victims are in our cities, and it becomes less easy to look away. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-23443893241045423292016-02-07T17:22:35.605+00:002016-02-07T17:22:35.605+00:00You said it! Anonymity gives them the feeling of b...You said it! Anonymity gives them the feeling of being strong. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-33996240913783374832016-02-07T09:38:48.575+00:002016-02-07T09:38:48.575+00:00Greed is without consideration of anything - and b...Greed is without consideration of anything - and because a few people not are able to get enough, they let the world choke to death. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-18923740422670231862016-02-07T09:35:39.431+00:002016-02-07T09:35:39.431+00:00What we are doing with our loads of plastic wrappi...What we are doing with our loads of plastic wrappings (though I try I cannot escape them - so much unnecessary waste!). Interesting that the turtle as Spirit Animal or totem is not only a symbol for peace, but is interpreted as a hint to "a peaceful relationship with our environment. <br />Courageous to throw it back! <br />As to the stone: you know by certain that the I Ching trigrams were said to be discovered by Hsi Fu, first emperor of China, on the back of a turtle. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-1548625655999839442016-02-07T04:02:38.835+00:002016-02-07T04:02:38.835+00:00This is where one act of random kindness comes int...This is where one act of random kindness comes into play. To do an act of kindness when the opportunity presents itself is the truest way to solve the problems of the world. If each person in the world would perform only one kindness each day we would at the very least live in a much nicer world.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-12647038221699821522016-02-06T22:34:29.878+00:002016-02-06T22:34:29.878+00:00You are in Germany and I am in California. Your ki...You are in Germany and I am in California. Your kindness makes a difference to me. You set a good example to the world --the effect is ampliative.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-3859353126436593212016-02-06T17:37:02.861+00:002016-02-06T17:37:02.861+00:00How true Britta .... better a few than none at all...How true Britta .... better a few than none at all ........ something that we could all put into practice in one way or another. We should all help in some way or other ..... if we all do a little it turns into something HUGE. XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-76938518856517246742016-02-06T14:47:52.394+00:002016-02-06T14:47:52.394+00:00Amen, and again, Amen!
If I don't try, nothing...Amen, and again, Amen!<br />If I don't try, nothing will happen. My trying doesn't have to be huge to make a difference. Right now it is all about the refugees and people would rather see a family stay back, living in terror and danger than make a difference for that one family.....because 'there are just so many'. Who knows what accomplishments one of the children might achieve - what contribution to our country? Like you, I believe in helping a little bit, as much as I can. Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-57543943567700733532016-02-06T14:14:54.922+00:002016-02-06T14:14:54.922+00:00It is a world more loud and shrill than is necessa...It is a world more loud and shrill than is necessary. For many the internet makes it too easy to add an anonymous bit of rancor. Sad. Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-79897537608130253412016-02-06T11:01:35.354+00:002016-02-06T11:01:35.354+00:00. . . maybe it is turtles all the way down :-).
.... . . maybe it is turtles all the way down :-). <br /><br />I read in Cyprus that men had been removing sand from beaches to build golf courses and the turtles would eventually run out of places to lay their eggs. As I left the island, the headline in the last newspaper was: Ten New Golf Courses for Cyprus! <br /><br />It's tragic. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-14651576892880848802016-02-06T10:56:15.334+00:002016-02-06T10:56:15.334+00:00There are more things in heaven and earth than mos...There are more things in heaven and earth than most people are aware of. More things than people with closed minds can ever be aware of. <br /><br /> Your story reminds me a time I was walking along a beach in Cyprus. I found dead turtle cast onto the shore by the waves. The turtle had suffocated, it's head was trapped inside a plastic sandwich wrapper. The tide was on the turn and I thought it right that even a dead turtle should be returned to the sea, a burial at sea so to speak. At second or third attempt I managed to throw the turtle far enough into the waves that it <br />floated away from the shore. But that's not the end of the story. <br />The following day I went to the same spot and sat on a rock and reflected on the events of the previous day. An inner voice told me to pick up a round a particular stone nearby, one stone amongst thousands. Over the years I have learnt to pay attention to such messages. On the stone was a natural pattern on the stone which strongly resembled a turtle riding on a wave, it's head and neck above the water as if looking for something . . . Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com