...i'm going to say happy christmas...and i understand the sentiments having worked security for over 12 years before becoming a p.e. teacher. i told my son about xmas today--he's two. my most heart felt effort sounded like this, "well...jesus was a special little boy, who grew up to be a great man that tried to make people get along...uhm...he did really nice things and people remember him for his. erm...this is remembered as the day he was born many years ago". i had to think about it. gandhi's words always come back to me--in lose paraphrase. someone asked, "if you're so keen on jesus...why not be a christian?" the response--also loosely paraphrased, "when i meet some nice christians, i'll become a christian...it's not jesus i have trouble with on this subject". before i finish...it was a paraphrase but this was the meaning. i have a habit of remembering the meaning, rather than the exact quote (that was for all the academic lot turning in their collective desk-chair-graves
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i think mother theresa said something to the effect of...people suck, but be nice anyway
...sorry...another loose paraphrase. it's the meaning i take from these kind of nutters trying to turn our world to shit.
good advice to surround yourself with friends/etc... my guru used to say...keep good company. it makes sense. you're influenced by those around you. better to keep those around who's values might be rubbing off on you. take a close look at who's around you
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