Today’s Thursday Thought quote makes SO much sense! Worth remembering when we find ourselves criticizing other religions.
Archive for January 16, 2020
While You Shop, Do This
Use your immense power as a consumer. Ask where items you’re buying are made. Why? Activists to Retailers: Shoppers Need to Know Who’s Making the Clothes explains. Here’s a short excerpt:
“Consumers have more power than they think. If a store manager has their shoppers asking questions about where their clothes are being sourced, we think they are more likely to listen….In an industry where garment companies pocket huge profits whilst workers are being exploited…we want brands to listen to those who produce and buy their clothes.
“Asking a question as simple as ‘Who is making my clothes?’ takes into consideration how workers are being treated, where materials are coming from, and whether or not your clothing has been made sustainably. On average, garment workers in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India receive 70 cents an hour for their 12-hour work days and live in poverty. Publishing supplier lists is one way to help consumers start shopping responsibly and improve conditions for garment workers.”
READ MORE AT http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/12/02/fashion-suppliers
Join This Army
This cartoon seemed so appropriate, I had to pass it on to you. Our greatest weapon against factors that would attack our country and our people–and even the world, with our influence–is to vote for people and laws that protect all of us.
Are You Making Yourself & Family Sick?
Where’s the germiest place in your home? No, it isn’t the bathroom. Where does E. Coli lurk, waiting for you to apply it to your face, which you will do daily? Why does the old argument about PUT THAT LID BACK DOWN matter to your health? How can cutting up your salad and veggies in your kitchen sink be a health hazard? Should you be concerned about your kids’ toys? These and similar questions are answered in this CNN Health article, The germiest place in your home and the best way to combat those microbes.
Love, Criticism, & Kids
Parenting is hard! We want our kids to grow up right. But, because we’re human, we get tired of repeating the same things again and again–like how dirty their room is, they forgot to do their chores, why we constantly have to remind them to do their homework, that they broke their promise to do something…. Today’s Thursday Thought quote gives us good reason to try to be more patient with our precious children.
Good News About Cancer
For anyone who has a loved one suffering with the physical, mental, and emotional trauma of cancer, or who is suffering themselves or in fear of it, the American Cancer Society has given us some good news. Not a cure–yet–but something to give us hope. Here’s what the Society found:
- The rate of people dying from cancer has continued to decline for 25 years.
- Between 1991 (peak cancer deaths) and 2016, there have been an estimated 2.6 million fewer deaths from cancer.
- These declines are being seen in breast, lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers.
They attribute it to three major factors: people are smoking less, cancer is being detected earlier, and treatments are improving.
Get more current details at the Society’s article Facts & Figures 2019: US Cancer Death Rate has Dropped 27% in 25 Years
When Congress Plays (Foot)Ball
All the members of Congress should be part of the NFL. I’ve watched two warring factions–management and/or referees and/or players–hold onto their stubborn stands for awhile. Finally, both sides come to realize that they’ve been causing hardship, turmoil, financial woes, and potential harm to the game and all people involved with it, plus unpopularity toward themselves. They see that the people are upset, believing that both sides are being pig-headed and unreasonable.
Sort of like what goes on and on and on in our nation’s legislature.
But unlike our warring lawmakers, the NFL and referees have shown that can come to a settlement. They can meet in the middle. It isn’t a compromise of values (listen up, Dems and Reps) but a realization that reasonable people will disagree, and all views must be taken under consideration if the greater good for the people is to be achieved.
If our lawmakers were part of the NFL, then, I’d hope they’d be dragged into a state of reason–or be benched if they didn’t cooperate.
A Monday Promise
We’re starting our first full week of a brand new year. I don’t do resolutions. But here are my promises to myself–and my hope for you during 2020.
