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NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 03:12 PM Jun 2018

My DU friends - take a moment this weekend to be thankful that you are who you are...

That you share a world view of kindness, humility, humanity - that you see the world as an organism that needs to be nurtured collectively and completely. That you have courage, curiosity. That we all here are a hugely diverse family of quite like minded individuals who celebrate and recognize and value the diversity. That we all here feel some part to make the world a better place - to imagine, to create. That you see, value and recognize the natural world, and understand all that are in it need to be cared for and preserved for future generations to enjoy

In other words, be thankful that you - and all of us - don't have minds that inhabit the dark, frightening, empty world of greed, hatred, and fear that trump and his disciples inhabit. That the only thing you believe in is what you are told to believe - that your purpose on this earth is simply to use and destroy, with no mind of who or what is to come.

That much truly, really, suck big time.

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My DU friends - take a moment this weekend to be thankful that you are who you are... (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Jun 2018 OP
Very good perspective. Thank you. dameatball Jun 2018 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2018 #2
An excellent idea! Turbineguy Jun 2018 #3
Very true. Mr.Bill Jun 2018 #4
We need that reminder very frequently IronLionZion Jun 2018 #5
Hear, hear. sandensea Jun 2018 #6
and not to mention that they are ... GeorgeGist Jun 2018 #7
So true... it's good to see things from that perspective. InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2018 #8
This is uplifting. Habibi Jun 2018 #9
Thanks FakeNoose Jun 2018 #10
Thank you, NRaleighLiberal. pazzyanne Jun 2018 #11
Great message, thank you. dae Jun 2018 #12
Hope DownriverDem Jun 2018 #13
THank you. We need very frequent uplifitng reminders . Amaryllis Jun 2018 #14
Thanks for this blue-wave Jun 2018 #15
a moment to be thankful for: Botany Jun 2018 #16
And Cherokee Purple/Chocolate/Green....and Sun Gold.... NRaleighLiberal Jun 2018 #20
A local garden store chain sells your book ..... Oakland Nursery Botany Jun 2018 #21
I was at Oakland County Master Gardeners event a few months ago NRaleighLiberal Jun 2018 #22
Oakland Nursery in Columbus OH Botany Jun 2018 #23
That's very kind of you. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #17
Truth. Never understood how people benld74 Jun 2018 #18
Folks your responses to my post brought a big smile to my face. NRaleighLiberal Jun 2018 #19

Response to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Mr.Bill

(24,303 posts)
4. Very true.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 04:09 PM
Jun 2018

And be thankful for the process that made you who you are. The people who have influenced you, be they family educators or just friends. And be thankful you had the good sense to not be influenced by those who would have made you be something less than are.

sandensea

(21,639 posts)
6. Hear, hear.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 04:22 PM
Jun 2018

With very rare exceptions, I've never seen anything but good-faith discussion on DU.

Not so with our Republican friends. Everything's either a Limpball talking point, stupid chest-thumping (usually in support of some criminal war), or bigotry.

No facts, and certainly no sensibility - or interest - over this very complicated world of ours.

pazzyanne

(6,556 posts)
11. Thank you, NRaleighLiberal.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 05:37 PM
Jun 2018

In your post you have watered parched souls that have been beaten down by the struggle that exists every hour of every day. tRump saps one's energy with the chaos he creates. Your reminder helps me center on the really important stuff that fuels us to positive actions. Bless you for sharing this post.

DownriverDem

(6,229 posts)
13. Hope
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 05:46 PM
Jun 2018

I'm right there with you. I think thankfully of how I view things & avoid negative energy. I'm so glad there are others with forward thinking views. When all we are going to do is die anyway, why not make this a better place for all? The young give me hope that we could be at the begging of a new progressive era. It's been a long time coming.

blue-wave

(4,356 posts)
15. Thanks for this
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 09:24 PM
Jun 2018

Whenever I get too wrapped up in the idiocy we are all witnessing, I will remember this. We should all be greatly thankful that we possess your mentioned quality assets.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)
20. And Cherokee Purple/Chocolate/Green....and Sun Gold....
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 10:55 AM
Jun 2018

and the several thousand other tomatoes in my collection!

Hey - I will be back in your neck of the woods speaking again next year, I think.

Botany

(70,522 posts)
21. A local garden store chain sells your book ..... Oakland Nursery
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 01:11 PM
Jun 2018

You might want to have your agent get in touch with them. Suggested that
I could put them in touch with you but I got zero response.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)
22. I was at Oakland County Master Gardeners event a few months ago
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 01:27 PM
Jun 2018

Big audience - four speakers, 400 plus people - next year in discussions with Wayne County to participate in one next year.

Botany

(70,522 posts)
23. Oakland Nursery in Columbus OH
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 01:48 PM
Jun 2018

they sell lots of shit plants but giving some atlas at their garden stores
would be worth while.

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