Does anyone else have a conscience that works overtime? I do. Even when I know I did everything right and just and honestly during the day, one little thing will stick with me. When I make a mistake, I feel terrible. When I cause someone pain, well let's just say I loose sleep-I loose lots of sleep. Now, with this being said, I try very hard not to make a mistake, not to cause people pain...but it does happen. I know that I am too hard on myself, but what bothers me more is when people aren't hard enough on themselves. I am truly concerned about the direction or not only our country, but the world as a whole. Money, greed, me me me seems to be the common thread. What happened to compassion and love? Helping your neighbor? Living humbly? I have tried to raise my children with a spirit of service, empathy and a good work ethic. I really don't understand why people don't volunteer more. It is a win-win! I love volunteering-I love helping others-it helps me! There are so many ways you can volunteer-just picking up trash in your neighborhood is helping-collecting towels for an animal shelter, donating a few items to the local food pantry, posting a charitable event on your facebook page. Think of your neighbors, show concern for your community and of course love your family and teach your children well! And of course, take the best care of your animal companions!
Just my 2 cents, you can keep the change-
Kim
Yes, it is a frustration we all share in rescue. We have a yahoo group that is just the rescuers for BCs and BCxs and includes strains like the ones from the Mcnab ranch. We can go there and vent any time we want to even about an applicant knowing it will never go anywhere else. That is good. When we had foster children and the state kept putting them back with abusive parents, one of the counselors for the kids told me I would not be able to do anyone any good if I beat my head against a brick wall, to change what I can and just do what I think best. We had to quit because we would come to love the kids like our own only to have them go back to the abuse. One was killed after being returned to his dad. So now I do the best I can and if I did that for the day, I did good even if I made a mistake because that mistake is not intentional. The older you get, the more you need to over look unintentional mistakes because they happen more often.
ReplyDeletePat, I couldnt image that heartache-I wish all children had good and loving (or at least adequate)parent(s)!
DeleteI completely agree with you, Kim. People think too much of themselves and their own circumstances and now enough outside of that small circle!
ReplyDeleteI love volunteering. My wife and I did the special Olympics years back, and it was so great. I also loved coaching my kids' basketball teams, not only for them, but because I love teaching.
ReplyDeletevolunteering at the Special Olympics sounds like a great venue! Coaching sports brought me much joy also! When I was a softball coach we had a girl that never, ever hit the ball-not during practice-not during the games-one game she finally hit the ball! The first baseman got the ball and tagged her out, but our whole team went and were hugging and jumping up and down, leaving the other team very confused!lol
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