Tag Archive for evil

America, Fight and Be Inspired

This short video was for 4th of July, but, with all the bad stuff happening right now, I needed it today.  There’s so much violence in our country, and other forms of man’s inhumanity to man, that we’re forgetting a basic fact: we are all  Americans.  And, despite evil deeds by a minority of us, we have a lot to be proud of.  Most important, together, we can unite and fight and defeat the evil that’s among us.

Watch this video of long-time actors, many of whom are no longer with us, as they ask God to bless America. Be inspired and revitalized.

[Thanks to Jim Knudsen for sending this to me.]

An Upper for a Downer Day

Having a Blue Monday?  Some days we feel there’s nothing but trouble and evil in the world.  When you have one of those days, take a look at these photos.  They’ll remind you that this really is a pretty good world, after all.

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Then….smile!

[Thanks to Linda Younts for sending me these pictures.]

 

 

 

G.B. Shaw Knows his Dogs

Here’s a Thursday Thought from George Bernard Shaw:

“A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.”

‘Nuff said……

 

 

Thursday Thought: Accepting Evil

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.– Martin Luther King, Jr.

[50 years since MLK’s historic march.  How far have we come? How far do we have to go?]

Thoughtful Thursday: Day, Evil, & Civilization

“To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.”  —  Dorothy Day

[Talk about a whole lot to think about in one short sentence! Read it several times and you’ll get more and more to chew on.]