03 Mar 10 Patriotism Is Love
Patriotism is a beautiful thing — to love your country, your land, and your people, and to have a deep emotional affinity. But it can be so easily corrupted to polarized thinking, to harming others and ourselves, if we don’t realize what it is that is beautiful. It is beautiful because it is love. – Patricia Sun.
I love my country, because it is where I was born.
I love this country because it is where I now live.
Both these countries have faults. Nowhere is perfect. That doesn’t mean however, that you can’t love them. To love something is to accept their faults.
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22 Feb 10 Gossip
My Name is Gossip — Kara Williams
My name is Gossip.
I have no respect for justice.
I maim without killing.
I break hearts and ruin lives.
I am cunning and malicious,
and gather strength with age.
The more I am quoted, the more I am believed.
I flourish at every level of society, young or old.
My victims are helpless against me,
for I have no face or real name.
To track me down is impossible,
and the harder you try, the more elusive i become.
I am nobody’s friend.
Like me or not,
you know me better than you know them.
I tarnish reputations with ease,
and a life is never quite the same once I’m through.
I topple governments,
wreck marriages, and ruin careers.
I cause sleepless nights, heartache,
and even indigestion.
I spawn suspicion, and generate grief.
I make innocent people cry in their pillows.
My very name hisses.
I am called Gossip.
Office Gossip, Studio Secrecy,
Hallway Rumors, and the “news” of a party.
I make your headlines..and headaches!
so…
Before you repeat a story, ask yourself:
Is it TRUE?
Is it FAIR?
Is it NECESSARY?
If not, SHUT UP!!
Tags: governments, grief, headaches, headlines, heartaches, hearts, indigestion, innocent people cry, pillows, reputation, ruin careers, ruin lives, sleepless nights, suspicion, wreck marriages
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