tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post7726321564373418571..comments2023-10-16T06:16:53.946-05:00Comments on Lucia has something to say: In NeedLuciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295553538430945014noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-438566835673774682007-03-26T20:06:00.000-05:002007-03-26T20:06:00.000-05:00This need...is in the air we breathe.This need...is in the air we breathe.KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02114277144629595998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-76792778284956633102007-03-25T23:41:00.000-05:002007-03-25T23:41:00.000-05:00Blogger ate my words -- here they are again:Kids i...Blogger ate my words -- here they are again:<BR/><BR/>Kids in the car, stopped at a light. On the left, guy selling newspapers. On the right, guy selling pies. It's cold and snowing. I point out to the kids these guys are working to make a few dollars, in the snow, with no hats, gloves, winter coats. I ask them to consider how cold those men must be and how much they must need the money.<BR/><BR/>"Daddy says sometimes those people are crazy or they just want the money to spend on getting drunk," says the Eldest. And I sink a little, realizing I am the ying and he is the yang and it will always be like this.<BR/><BR/>I tell him those people are sick and wouldn't it be nice if there was a warm place they could sleep and have a doctor help them get better? That not everyone is like that. And he agrees that everyone should be able to be warm. And we drive off toward our warm beds in the deepening darkness of a winter night.amusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347183179627696626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-54196880985253762222007-03-25T14:48:00.000-05:002007-03-25T14:48:00.000-05:00whew, I was at the animal shelter open house today...whew, I was at the animal shelter open house today and there were so many sad and hopeful eyes looking out at people....I have heard it said that Buddha believed the purpose of life is to relieve suffering, and what a huge task that is.gary rithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228113061045717115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-20455401644909221412007-03-25T06:26:00.000-05:002007-03-25T06:26:00.000-05:00The Eastern philosophies all talk about not being ...The Eastern philosophies all talk about not being tied to the results of your labor, and I think this is the sort of thing they're talking about. You did your part, and while you hope he spent the money wisely, that's really up to him.<BR/><BR/>The important thing is that you did what you could.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-76511264341200188342007-03-25T01:00:00.000-05:002007-03-25T01:00:00.000-05:00Lucia. You have no idea how happy I am..sitting o...Lucia. You have no idea how happy I am..sitting on my couch on a saturday night smiling my butt off.<BR/><BR/>Yes. See, it's this. It's the I becoming We. <BR/><BR/>Thank you.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-91334647785884977022007-03-24T19:34:00.000-05:002007-03-24T19:34:00.000-05:00Good for you, Lucia.I got burned three winters ago...Good for you, Lucia.<BR/><BR/>I got burned three winters ago by a panhandler on the street across from my wife's office. I'd seen him there for some time. We're waiting for Bridget, he's asking passers by for change. I'd given him a dollar or two a couple of times, but this night was different.<BR/><BR/>It was very cold and he had no gloves. He appeared to be in great distress, huffing into his hands, tears streaming down his face. I got out of the van and gave him my gloves. My favourite pair of nice gloves: light brown suede, lined with phoney wool. Not expensive, but nice and warm. I also gave him a couple of bucks and told him to keep warm. He was very grateful and friendly, as always<BR/><BR/>Two days later: it's just as cold, wind howling down the street and there his is again. Same chapped, red hands, same tears, same rocking "to keep warm". My gloves were nowhere to be seen.<BR/><BR/>I haven't given anything to a panhandler since. Although, I've felt my heart thawing a touch of late. I hope it's healing.Gordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07601738885232775770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-70177931357303345592007-03-24T18:29:00.000-05:002007-03-24T18:29:00.000-05:00Good for you.I found myself giving a few dollars t...Good for you.<BR/><BR/>I found myself giving a few dollars to a person in the streets the other night for the first time ever in my life because of Jen's blog.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-13197889345370515212007-03-24T17:15:00.000-05:002007-03-24T17:15:00.000-05:00Amen!Peace, ~ChaniAmen!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/><BR/>~Chanithailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-62988693686216616452007-03-24T16:11:00.000-05:002007-03-24T16:11:00.000-05:00That was a wonderful thing you did. Inspirational...That was a wonderful thing you did. Inspirational. thank you.Mona Buonanottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809435868294190789noreply@blogger.com