Fighting cancer is difficult enough, but living with it is even tougher - and that's where the Cleaning for A Reason Foundation steps in. This newly formed nonprofit offers free professional housecleaning, and maid services.......
Fifty hospitals, nationwide, show new movies to ill children while they are being hospitalized. What an inspiring thing to do. Please read the history and about us links for more information...
If my avi disappears from your group, please do not think it a personal blow. It is time that is the issue. It is my lack of managing it to be an active member and doing my part that is the issue.
On groups I run. Some will be disappearing through deletion or hand over...but history teaches me that rarely anyone wants to take over my groups when I get to the deletion planning stage. So if you wish to see the list.. here it is. The Nest and the Ties that Bind *The Pacific Northwest~the Breath of Fresh Air (group ownership transferred to Fred H.) The Ethical Garden of Life~(ethic discussion group) and quite possibly the St Jude Children's Research group ( not sure yet, as it is a great organization, but this group is at a stand still as no time is being taken to keep it up) Consumer Information is maybe worth keeping as it is a great idea here. But I am contimplating deleting it too. Any one who wished to discuss, please chime in!!! The best to all of you, Madartist of Mud (Jacki)
Alright, stop laughing at the monkey picture. -------------------------------------------------------- When sparks fly one does not want anyone burned. HUH? Words are like sparks, sparks to flame. To put out the flame, one doesn't add more fire does one? One stands back, accesses the damage and extracts one of the elements required. In the case of human fires. It is not as easy. We all have voices and some of us use ours louder or more detailed or different from another. All are fine if well thought of before they are typed. We are all human and err..YES we do. But here, if we do or even sometimes we don't but someone else takes it wrong, well all Dante's Inferno goes loose. Um, to achieve sanity, grasshopper, take a step back, prioritize what is truly important in life and by the time you do that, guess what? You just may be cool enough to let off too big a spark to put out. ----------------------------------------------- Hmm, am I saying one should just "take it" and pass? There are reasons we don't at times. A word can cut too deep and scar, believe it or not. The old adage of turn the cheek can happen, but if both cheeks are smacked, well there has to be a boiling point. It happens here. The finger pointing starts, the fire gets bigger and it happens on a periodic basis here online. Use the tools that are given (and within the rules of the site you are on, come on, be ethical about it!) and allow for time for people to deal with it. But they do need to deal with it equally and fairly and not allow it to stew. Be real about it. Censurship also is not a tool to be used unless clear violations are seen. Saying the wrong thing and sugar coating it with hearts and smiles is still the wrong thing to say. Abuse is abuse even out of a smiling face. ------------------------------------------------------- I find I also comment on posts that I should just let fly. Even if I say them with the utmost care not to be mean, I still do it on occasion. But I do it with as much thought as I can. But, alas, The Mad woman is just human, ya know.
What I want to convey here is concern. Concern for those that fly off the handle. I know how that is...I have a tendancy to do so. I fly off the handle when someone mistreats someone. There I go, flying headlong over the nasty way words are thrown with NO regards to feelings, decency or the practicality of the act. I have a tip. Before you type....say it out loud to yourself while thinking like a vulnerable child. Would you act in a way that would harm, emotionally, such a sensitive child? Do you speak in your head before you say it out loud? Try it...it may actually cause you to be more introspective and wiser in the long run! It may cause you to NOT speak what could cause harm to another. In other words, do not make a fool of yourself if you do not wish others to confirm it to your face. Show others by your actions there is a compassionate and caring person inside you. Please care...it looks grand on you!
Ok. This is a test. You will not be graded and no one will be reprimanded for not getting back to me on this. This has to do with real beauty. Now, keep in mind, some of the visuals will not be pretty. But how do I mean visuals? Glad you asked. I am going to say names you may or may not know...but you are to react to the visuals based on your own insights, inspirations and values. Adolph Hitler.. Mother Teresa.. Susan Boyle (youtube watchers know who I speak of)... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg&feature=channel_page Ann Coulter.. Jeffrey Dahmer... Audrey Hepburn.. Do you see where I am going with this? Come on.. If you didn't know who these people are/were how would you base your opinion of them? Ann Coulter could be thought of, without what her mouth says, as a pretty person, nice, personable looking...but well, a lot of people do not get that reaction when she speaks do they? Adoph Hitler....well, not a horrible looking person, but in action??? Horrid human being. The UGLIEST human being, along with Mr Dahmer, Manson and Bundy. The Ugliest human is the one that does the worst to others. The ugliest person is the one that kills, maims, takes away freedoms and demeans. Susan Boyle, has the voice of an angel and a heart that shines through. Mother Teresa was a beauty through and through, she showed it in actions and words that spoke to our souls and love was her message. How could anyone say she was "ugly"? I detest the word ugly when spoken against someone one does not know. How do you base that statement, "Oh, she is ugly", if you have not seen what that individual does by their actions? Do you only see the facade? Do you only look at a person's worth by the exterior? Well, if you do, you will be only esthetically concerned.... a very shallow and empty way of looking and in life you will be disappointed in the long run. My advice to you, take it or leave it....LOOK DEEPER, my friend...LOOK MUCH deeper. This blog entry was inspired by Ms Boyle.
Just a product of war..you betcha and the pressure for recruiters is immense. Gotta fill those shoes to go to war....lie, cover up criminal records, you name it.
This is a net msg I got, and I am sure we all got on the Linda M. HOAX here on care two....Maybe some Linda M is somewhere..but YOU can not get a virus or be hacked via a friend request..an attachment in an email YES... I wish to say thank you to Birdie and Zen for getting this forwarded. I am just doing this so more know. "This is a terrible message going around my friends. It is character assassination at the very least. If you see it.
You are more than welcome to copy this message and send it back to whoever sent it to you. This is very sad it happened. Linda M is not a hacker.... Blessings to all of you... Birdie
This is a most unfortunate message to say the least, and I'm extremely sorry that you've forwarded it to so many people. I usually hate forwards, and ask for people not to send them, but in this case I'm glad you did because I have the opportunity to respond.
I am friends with a Linda M, and I can absolutely assure you that she is not a troll or a hacker. It could be that this message is intended to hurt her, if not it surely will. And you need to write to Roxann and tell her I said so, and to Kat as well, or I will take this up with Care 2. This kind of thing can ruin a person's reputation.
Furthermore, nobody can do anything to your computer just by you making them a friend. That can only happen if you accept and open attachments and so on, which you should not do anyway.
Once again, please do what you can to stop this most unfortunate letter.
Thank you
Zen"
THIS GETS SET into motion and it spreads like weeds on fire! DO not forward info without researching! Ask questions first before you hit the submit button.~Madartist
I want everyone that sends me chain net msgs to understand that I love them, but I don’t send them back or to others. WHAT????? Why? It isn’t out of disrespect. It isn’t out of laziness, or is it? For me, I would have to go through all the avi’s posted in the net msg so as to not send it to them as it would be duplicating something that has already been sent. Plus, knowledge that it will eventually come back to me and to others again, I don’t wish to pester anyone.
OOPS, now friends, I am not saying that you are pestering me by sending these very heart felt and beautiful chains. I am just saying that I can not do the same out of confusion. To remember who sent it and others it was sent to, well, you see how my brain works. Ergo, confusion is set aside for the big smile I do receive from you when you send me these beauties.
Birthday announcements- I don’t always send you a greeting, but I do think of you when I see the announcement. Meaning, I think of you. I hope in my heart you have a fabulous day. But time and confusion sometimes stops me from sending you a greeting. For all that have had or are about to have another year happen, may it be grand or I hope it was grand!
Regardless how this sounds, I do think of almost all of you when I see announcements and msgs.
People that ONLY send me petitions, news items and nothing else- I am a casual member of care two, I care, but my time is short. I do my clicks, this is true. I run too many groups and not enough time to do so. Life is madness, but I do have a heart. But a friend is not someone that ONLY sends petitions, that is a person that just wanted to be on as many friends lists as possible to get the maximum amount of signatures on petitions or notes on news articles.
I say this with all sincerity, I care about all of you humans, but if I have but a handful of true friends here, I am blessed. Guess what? I am.
2010 is an election year
for 1/3 of the senate and
1/2 of the house of
representatives. It would
be nice if congress got
the message; the voting
taxpayers are in charge
now.
Social Security
2009
LET US SHOW
OUR LEADERS...
It's that time of year
again! When
seemingly normal folks
don the tackiest knitwear
ever conceived by Santa's
little fashionista
helpers. Snowmen,
Santa, teddy bears,
showflakes, and
over-the-top embroidery
accompanied by excessive
sequinry...
Do not say, "I
understand! I have
attained mastery!"
If you have attained
mastery, then why are you
going around asking other
people questions?
As soon as you say you
understand Zen, people
watch whatever you do and
whatever you say,
wondering wh...
This is a copy of the
email that I sent to
Senator Murray from
Washington State, in
regards to the Health
Care Plan: Senator
Murray,
The only Health Care
System that will work for
this Nation, is...
"Miscarriage reports from
pregnant women who have
taken the H1N1 swine flu
vaccine are starting to
pour in from all over the
nation. Vaccines and
pregnancy simply do not
mix safely. In fact, the
package inserts for the
swine flu vaccines
actually say...
Native American Heritage
Day: 27 November."NOW,
THEREFORE, I, BARACK
OBAMA, President of the
United States of America,
by virtue of the
authority vested in me by
the Constitution and the
laws of the United
States, do hereby
proclaim November 2009 as
N...
Posted as '7 Ways to Save
Your Brain' in
Care2 by Mel,
selected from Natural
Solutions magazineA 2009
Mayo Clinic study found
that of 1,300 people ages
70 to 89, those that had
regularly engaged in
mentally challenging
activities, such as re...
thinking of all of you
and giving thanks for
your friendship - I have
moved again and when I
have computer acess will
in fact write about it -
love Kathryn
Africa's Witch Children
(1 of 5) Aired November
23, 2009 on C4 - Play
all videos:
http://bit.ly/7oRQHQ - A
year ago, Dispatches told
the story of how children
in Africa's Niger Delta
were being denounced by
Christian pastors as
...http://www.care2....
