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Sunday, November 5, 2006
Went to dinner and a movie with my buddy Mark and his friend Carolyn. It was nice to be with a friend, feel safe and comfortable and not have to worry about what I say or do, how many of the troops coming home have that even with their own family because of what they have seen and done?
Monday, November 6, 2006
I had cleaned up around my property last week and today it was like I did nothing because people threw their trash on my property. First I got really annoyed , next an attitude (angry), then I got disappointed for that act showed me a side of my self I was and chose not to be which was lazy, greedy, inconsiderate and a thief. If I could do things like that on such a small scale, image what I could have done if more money had been at stake; no wonder the world is in the shape it is, there are probably some of those people like I was still out there. If I and others could steal some ones services for a few dollars or take advantage of some ones situation for my own benefit it is no wonder our youth have been discarded for a little time, effort and money. I guess I get what I deserve, what do we deserve as a country?
It is easy to see why people quit doing good works when I see how much press the negative actions get; with all that press at times it makes it look like everyone is doing it. When I get in that space I remember the one person I gave hope and I do it for me and the people that helped me.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Dug holes for posts to put up a gat to keep people off my property and from dumping garbage on it. How easy it is for me to put up an emotional fence to keep people out and see the world in away that allows me to do nothing. How important is it for troops coming home to put up those walls around them to live in this world? How important is it for me to help them remove those walls so others are allowed in? I voted today, is it a step in making a difference?
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Put up the posts for the gate, it is a way of setting boundaries, stating what is acceptable and what is not by my actions. What others actions will I take for my beliefs?
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Visited a friend who was in a coma since June (I didn’t find out till last week) and is now catatonic. She has a good family and insurance, she may recover, how many of the troops coming home can say the same? Am I a part of their family? If they aren’t blood does that make it O.K. to do nothing?
Friday, November 10, 2006
Checked the mail and got a letter from a woman (Kristin) who has property upstate N.Y. She wants to use as a center for Veterans and troops coming home to heal (her web site is kriyavati@gmail.com), she will need help funding and rebuilding. I will be up there when she comes to assess what is to be done to make it ready. Also o book from the father of a fallen hero who does seminars and is going to help with our effort. I am working to get everyone in touch with one another so we don’t reinvent the wheel but, support one another. Is a leader one who mirrors for others to see a facet of who they are and support them in it?
Saturday, November 11, 2006
On this day in 1918 on the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month they thought (hoped) this had been the end of the War to end all Wars. A sound rose above the battle fields from both sides, it was the cheer of the troops. Till that war (the war to end all wars) is fought let us not forget, abandon and discard those that fight the wars before it.
This day is my birthday and I have a ritual I do and have done since I can remember and that is to swim naked in the ocean (or whatever large body of water I can find where ever I am). For me it honors life, freedom, where I may have come from and just because. The price of that freedom for me is to be paid to the troops who have earned it for me and that price is that they get to enjoy that freedom.
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