war Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/war/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:54:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Family Relationships https://smthingscount.com/2020/07/14/family-relationships/ Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:20:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9454 Family is the most complicated relationship on earth.  They’re the people we most love, yet the people who irritate us the most.  And they’re right

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]]> Why Are We Overrun by Immigrants? https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/19/why-are-we-overrun-by-immigrants/ Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:32:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8193 A new United Nations report has an answer. It points out that almost 71 million people have left their home countries, not because they want

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]]> An Important Lesson for Our Children https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/05/an-important-lesson-for-our-children/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:15:53 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8144 Today commemorates D-Day, the largest military action attempted back in 1944. It was successful. But so many lives were lost. And it didn’t end wars.

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]]> All the Gods Agree https://smthingscount.com/2019/04/26/all-the-gods-agree/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:15:59 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7984 Wars are fought over religion. The Supreme Being is called by different names. People distrust, belittle, hate, or kill others because of their religious beliefs.

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]]> Who’s at War? https://smthingscount.com/2017/07/06/whos-at-war/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 16:11:50 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6031 There’s no such thing as a war between countries, as Francois Fenelon points out in today’s Thursday Thought quote: “All wars are civil wars because

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]]> Pity Poor Kellyanne Conway https://smthingscount.com/2017/02/06/pity-poor-kellyanne-conway/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 18:01:50 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5586 I’m starting to feel sorry for Kellyanne Conway.  She keeps mis-speaking and having to defend what she thought President Trump meant by what he said.

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]]> The Power of Chocolate…and of Freedom https://smthingscount.com/2015/10/27/the-power-of-chocolate-and-of-freedom/ Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:00:28 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4252 If two pieces of chocolate were your prized possession, who would you give them to and why?  What would your gift produce?  We can never

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]]> Mother’s Wisdom https://smthingscount.com/2014/10/30/mothers-wisdom/ Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:13:38 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3222 A reminder worth thinking about in this war-torn, intolerant world: “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”

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]]> Polio & War https://smthingscount.com/2013/10/30/polio-war/ Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:11:57 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2213 Despite what the WHO said years back, polio has NOT been eradicated. In fact, unrest in the world is helping the previously fewer cases to grow

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]]> Let’s Create a Fitting Memorial https://smthingscount.com/2013/05/27/lets-create-a-fitting-memorial/ Mon, 27 May 2013 19:38:15 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1711   On this day, I pause to remember the men and women who died fighting America’s wars, including all those “wars,” “police actions,” “peace-keeping missions,”

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