[The following poem should be read in the highest tone of voice possible,
as if speaking to a small child]
I love reading modern "News Headlines"
followed by articles that are meant
to inform or instruct us about
how to think or feel.
...(um...)...
This one is particularly humorous--
or at least it would be--
if it weren't so reflective
of how pathetic we are.
...(we...)...
Oh, wow, a country making such demands:
"We shall resist them! How dare they!"
(Yet...some will concede...)
Sure they will concede!
...(duh!)...
For all of you ignoramuses out there,
Let me spell it out for you:
T.H.E.Y. (say it together now): "THEY"
O.W.N. (say it: "Own") U.S. (Together: "Us").
...(whaaa?!)...
What, are you shocked? Flabbergasted?
Can you not put 2+2 together?
Oh, that's right...You can't.
You have to be told what to think and how to feel.
...(sigh...)...
Okay, little children, listen well:
We sold this country out years ago--
It's not ours anymore...
And you'll never know it until it's headlined.
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Based on the CNN.com article on May 7, 2018:
"Why US companies are changing their websites to please China"
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/07/news/companies/us-companies-websites-china/index.html
Monday, May 7, 2018
Friday, May 4, 2018
"To Be Human Kind"
from dictionary.com
I know I don't know you,
but I need someone--please hear me!
I'm all alone in this world
and I need someone, anyone,
to be human kind to me.
I am smart, a scientist,
I am stronger than I look
and can take care of myself--
I have a monthly stipend...
If that would make a difference.
I can take care of myself,
you'd be surprised what I can still do
at the old age of 85--on my own--
I just need a place to be free
in these final years of my life.
Please, please consider adopting me--
I'd be no trouble at all.
All I pray for is some kind-hearted family
To take me and nourish me through old age
and bury me when I die.
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This post is based on the following news article on FoxNews.com:
"Lonely Chinese Old Man Puts Himself up for Adoption."
Published May 4, 2018
Photo published with the article.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/05/04/lonely-chinese-old-man-puts-himself-up-for-adoption.html
"The Worst Disease": Mother Teresa's Thoughts on Loneliness & Being Unwanted
"There is much suffering in the world - physical, material, mental. The suffering of some can be blamed on the greed of others. The material and physical suffering is suffering from hunger, from homelessness, from all kinds of diseases. But the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, having no one. I have come more and more to realize that it is being unwanted that is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience."
"Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world."
"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty."
"It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start."
"The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God."
"There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives - the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them."
"We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love."
"Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work."
"On certain continents poverty is more spiritual than material, a poverty that consists of loneliness, discouragement, and the lack of meaning in life."
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This post was inspired by the following article on Fox News.com, May 4, 2018:
"Lonely Chinese Old Man Puts Himself up for Adoption"
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/05/04/lonely-chinese-old-man-puts-himself-up-for-adoption.html
"Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world."
"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty."
"It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start."
"The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God."
"There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives - the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them."
"We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love."
"Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work."
"On certain continents poverty is more spiritual than material, a poverty that consists of loneliness, discouragement, and the lack of meaning in life."
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This post was inspired by the following article on Fox News.com, May 4, 2018:
"Lonely Chinese Old Man Puts Himself up for Adoption"
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/05/04/lonely-chinese-old-man-puts-himself-up-for-adoption.html
That Annoying Kid in School (who grew up to save the day)
I know we all know THAT kid in school,
The one who always got in trouble for SOMETHING--
Always elbowing someone as he passed in the hall
(but not being able to prove it);
Always tripping kids walking to lunch or the bus
(but no one dared to rat him out);
Rarely getting caught or paying the consequences.
You know--we all know--THAT kid:
He never did his homework on his own
(but never got caught looking over your shoulder)
And he didn't sweat the small stuff like grades
Or learning how to work well with others.
Because while you and others were there to learn, presumably,
He was there to teach you increased patience and determination.
It was THIS kid who saved the day the other day,
When he tripped an armed criminal fleeing a crime scene:
He was the one who had the guts to stand there,
Looking completely nonchalant, leaning on his cane,
And as that armed suspect crossed his path,
He used that skill set he had learned so long ago.
He tripped him. Perfectly timed, too.
Because his "misspent youth" was redeemed in a moment--
You and I? We wouldn't have the skills needed
To execute such an endeavor.
And you know us: we would have asked permission first.
This guy? He never learned those skills in K-8.
And that's how this guy saved the day.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/05/04/man-trips-suspect-chased-by-police-mxp.hln
The one who always got in trouble for SOMETHING--
Always elbowing someone as he passed in the hall
(but not being able to prove it);
Always tripping kids walking to lunch or the bus
(but no one dared to rat him out);
Rarely getting caught or paying the consequences.
You know--we all know--THAT kid:
He never did his homework on his own
(but never got caught looking over your shoulder)
And he didn't sweat the small stuff like grades
Or learning how to work well with others.
Because while you and others were there to learn, presumably,
He was there to teach you increased patience and determination.
It was THIS kid who saved the day the other day,
When he tripped an armed criminal fleeing a crime scene:
He was the one who had the guts to stand there,
Looking completely nonchalant, leaning on his cane,
And as that armed suspect crossed his path,
He used that skill set he had learned so long ago.
He tripped him. Perfectly timed, too.
Because his "misspent youth" was redeemed in a moment--
You and I? We wouldn't have the skills needed
To execute such an endeavor.
And you know us: we would have asked permission first.
This guy? He never learned those skills in K-8.
And that's how this guy saved the day.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/05/04/man-trips-suspect-chased-by-police-mxp.hln
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