The waiting - it burns us Precious.
Xanthippe
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Trailer: 'The Hobbit'
by leavingwt in.
the hobbit official trailer #1 - lord of the rings movie (2012) hd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtsod4bbcjc.
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My Heroes
by ClubSandwich ini just wrote a special tribute to randy, barbara, john hoyle, cedars and paul grundy at http://richardekelly.com/blog2/jehovahs-witnesses/modern-day-truth-seeking-internet-vigilantes.
would like to hear your comments about these heroes of mine or people that you would like to add to my list..
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Xanthippe
I'm done with it too. Alpha male and alpha female is all ape stuff, let's evolve.
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Jesus the proto suicide martyr...
by mP inwhy couldnt god simply forgive the so called sin debt, why lower his standards and require human sacrifice....
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Your leader gets put to death, what are you going to do? 'Oh that was part of God's plan'
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I had a Christmas card from Ewan Mcgregor
by Xanthippe inoh ok so did everyone who supports unicef - but he's so gorgeous .
what's your favourite charity?.
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Ohiocowboy, sponsoring children must be really rewarding, hearing all about them regularly and how they're progressing. You really know where your money is going them don't you. I am so impressed that you sponsor three children and you have sponsored eight in the past!
jgnat and problemaddict, my daughtr supports kiva. It's a great idea isn't it, lending small amounts of money so that people in developing countries can start businesses and help themselves.
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I had a Christmas card from Ewan Mcgregor
by Xanthippe inoh ok so did everyone who supports unicef - but he's so gorgeous .
what's your favourite charity?.
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Satanus thanks for replying. I know what you mean about doing something local. It was interesting what you said about helping street people. I do buy the Big Issue but there is one lady in my town who stands in the same place selling it and she seems to have been there for years. Sometimes I wonder how she can still be homeless but I suppose many of them have mental health problems. Many run away from an abusive home and then develop mental health problems from the stress of trying to live on the streets and survive. It's very sad.
I do a few hours a week volunteering in a local befriending scheme for a mental health charity. Just to give people someone to talk to who isn't a mental health professional but just an ordinary person with an ordinary life. A few weeks ago the lady I visit said that in the last few months my visits had been the only bright thing in her life. We can only do a tiny bit each. We're only one person with problems of our own. I just worry that the whole negativity thing in this world makes us feel powerless and depressed when in fact our main power is that there are billions of us. I think powerlessness is an illusion that we need to fight. Just my tuppence worth. Thanks for your thoughts.
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I had a Christmas card from Ewan Mcgregor
by Xanthippe inoh ok so did everyone who supports unicef - but he's so gorgeous .
what's your favourite charity?.
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St George, I really enjoyed those series he did with Charley Boorman too, Long Way Round etc.
The Donkey Sanctuary is a great charity. Those lovely animals have carried human burdens for thousands of years.
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I had a Christmas card from Ewan Mcgregor
by Xanthippe inoh ok so did everyone who supports unicef - but he's so gorgeous .
what's your favourite charity?.
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NewChapter, Doctors Without Borders are amazing aren't they? I so admire the work they do.
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I had a Christmas card from Ewan Mcgregor
by Xanthippe inoh ok so did everyone who supports unicef - but he's so gorgeous .
what's your favourite charity?.
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rickisteel
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I had a Christmas card from Ewan Mcgregor
by Xanthippe inoh ok so did everyone who supports unicef - but he's so gorgeous .
what's your favourite charity?.
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Satanus, I may be misunderstanding you but you seem to be saying it's alright for me as I live in a really nice neighbourhood, have loads of money and don't have any problems. Is that what you're saying?
I don't have loads of money and I live in a really tiny house. I grew up in near poverty because my father was a manual worker who grew up in the second world war and had little education.
The reason I give to charity is because I know what it is like to be very, very poor, wear second-hand clothes and always to want more food after a meal.
I just think it is a really positive thing that so many people who we usually have never heard of have started charities because they are good people and they care. Like Eglantyne Jebb who started Save the Children in 1919 to help German and Austrian children who were starving after WW1. She was helping the children of people, some of whom had bombed her own country. But they were just innocent children, just like we were. They were captives of a concept, you know?
There are good people in this world and I cling on to that thought because having been mixed up in a fundamentalist religion I came across some of the worst kinds of people. I don't know about you but I need to believe there are good people doing good stuff after some of the sociopaths I have met.
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I had a Christmas card from Ewan Mcgregor
by Xanthippe inoh ok so did everyone who supports unicef - but he's so gorgeous .
what's your favourite charity?.
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Oh ok so did everyone who supports Unicef - but he's so gorgeous . Anyway it's good to know my little contribution is giving kids in Syria clean water, blankets, warm clothes, winter-proof tents and vaccinations. Just makes me feel a little better when I look at that vale of tears on the news.
What's your favourite charity?