tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post2139901497386093422..comments2024-03-24T15:26:36.890+10:00Comments on Paper Ponderings: Thursday Thoughts...Fiona Dempsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-84236324120902466352013-11-01T08:55:36.557+10:002013-11-01T08:55:36.557+10:00My dear Dad, who survived five years of WW2 with s...My dear Dad, who survived five years of WW2 with severe PTSD, still saw the best in people, still hoped for the best. He believed that if we dealt with each fellow human being we encountered with courtesy, commonsense and compassion, that would be the glue to hold us all together.Marg W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-76742288858914136962013-10-31T20:06:50.985+10:002013-10-31T20:06:50.985+10:00So true Lesley - he was a remarkable man and gave ...So true Lesley - he was a remarkable man and gave such a clear focus to his ideals. I think the world is much more diffuse and opaque now and there are multiple places of worry, fear and concern, yet his simple words were the reminder I needed not to lose faith entirely. I get the possible, yet not probable thing, but if I don't hold onto some possibility I think I would despair beyond all reason...Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-9735525707553193752013-10-31T18:16:08.700+10:002013-10-31T18:16:08.700+10:00Whenever I think of Gandhi, I think of a man who l...Whenever I think of Gandhi, I think of a man who lived his life on a different plane to the rest of us. I doubt many could be so disciplined or focussed on their ideals. I'm sad to say, my immediate response to his words are 'yes, it is possible to live in peace... but not probable ' I only have to watch the daily bulletins from Syria to tell me that and I see no-one in international life to take on the mantle like he did for his country. LAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.com