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Compassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone
is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it
because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic
numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and
other beings.
It had been raining for…
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She looked at the photograph of her son. He would always be
seven years old, tow haired and missing two front teeth. Grasping
the framed photo tighter in her quivering hands, so tight that the
corners of the brass colored left impressions in her flesh, she
looked at the American flag covered…
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Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve
everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this
desire. He ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die,
having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.
There were so many things he could…
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By Chuck, on Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:59pm PDT
Stop the Stupidity! It appears that no one wants
to look at other countries that have tried to implement government
run health care programs. They have all failed or begun to collapse
under their own weight. I'm not talking about Russia and the
Soviet Union. I am talking about… Read More »
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If there is one thing I can't stand is the media
and other people trying to make Obama look like a bad
president. HELLO! PEOPLE! He became president a couple of
months ago and already you all are judging him badly? At least
he's honest and stright to the… Read More »
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By Tim S, on Mon Dec 1, 2008 11:03pm PST
IT DOESN`T SEEM THE ANC HAS LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THE AMERICAN
ELECTIONS SINCE THEY ARE NOT EMULATING AND THIS IS SAID SINCE THE
WAY THE ELECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF
THE CONTINENT`S GOVERNMENTS CODE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE.
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