tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post6240980714148970834..comments2023-11-05T18:46:32.295+11:00Comments on Baino's Banter: I Can See Clearly NowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-5281210341916315822008-05-17T23:47:00.000+10:002008-05-17T23:47:00.000+10:00Please don't use the damn tourist joke, that's as ...Please don't use the damn tourist joke, that's as old as Methusaleh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-74608286307927656412008-05-17T06:25:00.000+10:002008-05-17T06:25:00.000+10:00George W: Terrorists or tourists? How's your head ...George W: Terrorists or tourists? How's your head this morning?Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-10271360634225975822008-05-17T02:21:00.000+10:002008-05-17T02:21:00.000+10:00Fair play to the boy, those dirty terrorists won't...Fair play to the boy, those dirty terrorists won't shoot themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-5511881535290146102008-05-16T19:22:00.000+10:002008-05-16T19:22:00.000+10:00Here Here!Here Here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-34666368163727776662008-05-16T18:48:00.000+10:002008-05-16T18:48:00.000+10:00It's a mad, mad world, isn't it?Thanks for putting...It's a mad, mad world, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for putting a bit of perspective on it, Baino<BR/><BR/>Fabulous post! I reckon it took me through every emotion. <BR/><BR/>Another award winner!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-7039375547446737082008-05-16T18:17:00.000+10:002008-05-16T18:17:00.000+10:00I won't respond to each of you because I think we'...I won't respond to each of you because I think we're of one accord. Be thankful for whatever you have and even in our most desperate hours things can only improve for us thanks to faith for some, family for others and a deep seated appreciation for what we all have.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-78542265415945150812008-05-16T17:39:00.000+10:002008-05-16T17:39:00.000+10:00Thanks for that, Nancy, that makes it even clearer...Thanks for that, Nancy, that makes it even clearer just how incredibly fortunate some of us are. It's so easy to take our relative comfort and privilege completely for granted. Privilege that for many is just a shimmering dream on the distant horizon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-52535619335111782852008-05-16T16:53:00.000+10:002008-05-16T16:53:00.000+10:00Amen to that Baino! Sometimes the media do a good ...Amen to that Baino! Sometimes the media do a good thing by reminding us how fortunate we are! *hiding with thick framed ten year old government issued specs* ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732532158833146797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-70979225083020055322008-05-16T12:57:00.000+10:002008-05-16T12:57:00.000+10:00What a wonderful piece, Baino. (Are the white-coa...What a wonderful piece, Baino. (Are the white-coated OPSM assistants ex-employees from the Ponds Institute perhaps?)<BR/><BR/>I often have similar thoughts when I see Love Chunks cooking; hear Sapphire practising her guitar and Milly out sunning herself on the lawn and realise that it was sheer luck that I happened to have been born here. <BR/><BR/>Maybe it's why I avoid watching the evening news - not just to prevent Sapph from getting distressed but so that *I* don't.Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-30330587905217030622008-05-16T10:38:00.000+10:002008-05-16T10:38:00.000+10:00The following is something to ponder:If you have f...The following is something to ponder:<BR/><BR/>If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep ... you are richer than 75% of this world.<BR/><BR/>If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.<BR/><BR/>If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.<BR/><BR/>If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation... you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.<BR/><BR/>If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death ... you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.<BR/><BR/>If your parents are still alive and still married ... you are very rare.<BR/><BR/>If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful ... you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.<BR/><BR/>If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder ... you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.<BR/><BR/>If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.<BR/><BR/>Have a good day, and count your blessings!<BR/><BR/>Author unknown<BR/><BR/>You said it just as well, Baino!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-25048877663457373862008-05-16T05:02:00.000+10:002008-05-16T05:02:00.000+10:00What's really disconcerting is when the poor world...What's really disconcerting is when the poor world stands in your hallway looking around - the twin house of our new Rectory sold for E2.25 m. A Burundian colleague came to Ireland and acme out to our house most Sundays over the past yearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-80131323706421891302008-05-16T01:01:00.000+10:002008-05-16T01:01:00.000+10:00Yep, each time Angela comes to work and tells me a...Yep, each time Angela comes to work and tells me about her worries and her fears, I remember how incredibly lucky and blessed I am. Each time I drive down the road and see the guy begging at the traffic lights, or the guy selling wire and beaded things on the side of the road, I remember how fortunate I am. Each time, I drive past the squatter settlements, that blow away and leak in winter, where neighbour preys upon neighbour, where crime has no limit, I think how easy my life is. And even though I sit here behind my high walls, security system, security doors, constantly looking over my shoulder, wary when walking in the street, I still know there are millions out there, not just here, but all over the world, who live pain, terror, torment and suffering on a daily basis.<BR/>How did we get to be such a fucked up race. Why are we so unable to get past our fundamental fear which is what causes us to rape and pillage the planet and ourselves. Why do we not learn from history.<BR/>I don't know. All I do know is that I can only try to be the best person I can be, to live the best life I can live, and in so doing, hopefully emit some energy of love and peace into the world around me.<BR/>I try to be the light I want to see in the world - I don't get it right all the time.<BR/><BR/>A powerful and moving post, Baino.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-63184660440823256052008-05-15T21:21:00.000+10:002008-05-15T21:21:00.000+10:00Funny, I was just thinking something similar - how...Funny, I was just thinking something similar - how lucky I'm not one of the millions of refugees forced to give up my home, and maybe my country as well, just to survive and have a decent life. As you say, just because of a random twist of fate that gave me my particular parents and home country. So many people in orderly countries like ours moan non-stop about their daily problems but they're a rose garden compared with the indescribably wretched lives some people have to endure. To anyone with any sensitivity it's totally heart-wrenching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com