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In response to justme; ...the compassionate mind....
Topic Started: Jul 19 2016, 08:12 AM (201 Views)
John Galt
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justme asked this a while back in the thread about Nice. I've been thinking about it ever since.

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I've been wondering "why France"? It's so terrible. So horrific? Does the enemy (whoever they are) find France soft? Do the first two World Wars come into question? I don't know. I'm just posing a question.

I cannot tell ou how sad I am.

For me, all I can think of are the families being thrust into a spotlight they never thought they'd encounter. It's how I felt about Orlando. I can't help it.

There must be an answer and solution. As I've said. My faith is almost nil and hanging by a thread. So when faith is nil, where's the answer?


Like you, I sometimes despair that we will survive as a species because of our ever-so-human tendency to lash out at people that we perceive to be causing our suffering. Yet there is that other, that positive side of humanity that shows itself so often but that doesn't get as much attention, that makes me hopeful for our future.

Some thoughts about the compassionate mind and how active promotion of it may be of benefit, both to the individual and to society.

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2013/may-june-13/the-compassionate-mind.html
Let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness.
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Aqua Letifer
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ZOOOOOM!
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Also, it's important to note: day-to-day acts of mutual respect will never, ever make the news.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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justme
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HOLY CARP!!!
Thank you for the article, JG. I'm going to share this article with my two sons.

Below is one of my favorite quotes and I try to remember it when we have these tragedies because it's true.
It's what I mean when I say "good" trumps "evil" and we have to keep it that way.



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Edited by justme, Jul 19 2016, 09:32 AM.
"Men sway more towards hussies." G-D3
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Catseye
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That's outstanding, Justme.
"How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
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