tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post248188133446536987..comments2024-02-19T10:47:03.421-05:00Comments on Anny's Points of View: No man is an IslandAnny Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05305873753916213970noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-18664761891257333292008-05-25T20:26:00.000-04:002008-05-25T20:26:00.000-04:00Hugs, Anny.It is hard to comprehend so much devast...Hugs, Anny.<BR/><BR/>It is hard to comprehend so much devastation, death, and despair. My day job is for a charity, and so I work with similar things daily. It's not easy. We just do what we can to help ease the suffering and bring people out of the despair.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534849962517743534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-58082310376725783552008-05-25T19:59:00.000-04:002008-05-25T19:59:00.000-04:00Thank you Anny. A thought provoking post as usual....Thank you Anny. A thought provoking post as usual.<BR/>I've seen such gut-twisting images the past few weeks, it seems like overload. You can't help but mourn... But I also think our media desensitizes us too. It's all awful all the time. After a while you a part of you just gets turned off out of self-preservation. But part of you still mourns cause you can't help it. It's human and necessary.Brynn Paulinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12026381921363611389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-821022623770327932008-05-25T18:03:00.000-04:002008-05-25T18:03:00.000-04:00In our family, we have a philosophy. We, and every...In our family, we have a philosophy. We, and every member of our family, and every member of every family over all the world, are pieces of a huge quilt. We are all stitched together in one form or another. When there is a loss, that piece of the quilt is ripped from the quilt as a whole. It is impossible to remain untouched when part of you has been ripped away, even if that piece of the quilt is thousands of miles or thousands of stitches away. <BR/>Thank you, Anny for reminding me of the world quilt. <BR/>CharleneCharlene Leathermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10449346145387092281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-76284692259811984392008-05-25T17:37:00.000-04:002008-05-25T17:37:00.000-04:00Anny,I have spent a weekend running this way and t...Anny,<BR/><BR/>I have spent a weekend running this way and that. Yet my Mother, Aunt, & I spent Friday morning going to the garden center, buying plants, & taking them to graves. I have been blessed to have family that knows what Memorial Day is supposed to be about. Not just family time, but remembering those who aren't with us. <BR/><BR/>I believe that Our planet, and God himself mourns when there is an abundace of tragedy. No matter who you believe in, Compassion and Grief are saddly lacking in our corner of the world today. <BR/>Anny, Thank you for being a voice crying out in the wilderness. You continue to give me hope!Susilienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10823324819388247649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-13614320583576088172008-05-25T16:44:00.000-04:002008-05-25T16:44:00.000-04:00I love the John Donne quote. And you're right its ...I love the John Donne quote. And you're right its upsetting and unnerving. We seem to be having disaster after disaster that is taking its toll on the earth and those that live therein.<BR/>Good for you for reminding us to remember, Ms. Anny.Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-50282867808006298132008-05-25T12:42:00.000-04:002008-05-25T12:42:00.000-04:00This probably explains why I've been so blue latel...This probably explains why I've been so blue lately. As a news junkie, I have this on all the time and I can't seem to watch these heartbreaking pictures without crying. Yes, these people are in faraway lands but their grief touches us in innumerable ways. So while I remember our fallen warriors, I will be thinking of them, too.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-30836350155411549392008-05-25T09:22:00.000-04:002008-05-25T09:22:00.000-04:00I came across this site:http://www.zonaeuropa.com/...I came across this site:<BR/>http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080513_1.htm<BR/><BR/>Be prepared the pictures of the Chinese earthquate devistation is heartbreaking. Media "protects" us from the harsher realities of this kind of thing. Sometimes, we need to open our eyes and SEE and FEEL and even cry.Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947952583116323744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-51708465753324136632008-05-25T08:08:00.000-04:002008-05-25T08:08:00.000-04:00Thank you for your wisdom. Just about everyone I'...Thank you for your wisdom. Just about everyone I've encountered recently, myself included, has been slightly off. You might very well have the explanation for that. (Saying a prayer to bring peace to us all.)barbara hufferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10110190714520012040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-86004605959455416702008-05-25T01:58:00.000-04:002008-05-25T01:58:00.000-04:00On Anzac Day, we in Australia say "Lest We Forget"...On Anzac Day, we in Australia say "Lest We Forget" - a reminder to us all not to forget all those who have died that we may live in freedom. So I say for all your fallen - Lest We Forget. Lest we forget that whoever falls in defence of freedom anywhere in the world dies for everyone who lives free and in peace.<BR/>HelenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-23901045245846479912008-05-25T01:22:00.000-04:002008-05-25T01:22:00.000-04:00yep, the bell does indeed told for thee and yet we...yep, the bell does indeed told for thee and yet we have to move on regardless. Life is never going to be fair but it must be endured in the crapacious timesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012768592941285677noreply@blogger.com