I think this quote is false. I think that whoever said it meant well by it; but confused it. Happiness is not the ability to deal with problems. The ability to deal with problems is the ability to deal with problems. And when all problems go away, is it even happiness? I know when I solve a problem; it's more relief and accomplishment I feel- not happiness, really. I think it all winds down to what happiness means to you. Much like love; I believe that it is up to YOU to come up with your own definition of happiness.
For example: I define happiness as times where I feel calm, loved, healthy, and in general; good. When I'm not stressed, when I'm laughing, when I'm with friends, when I'm out with my dad- these are moments of happiness. I also believe I can find happiness in simpler measures; however- so seeing a beautiful sunset, going for a hike in my woods with my dog and just laying in the middle of my driveway meditating and watching the clouds are also on this list of happy moments. None of these involve solving problems; or the problems simply disappearing on their own. They just make me happy in general. I don't really have to solve anything to be happy, and in the end- you shouldn't either. Happiness should be a natural feeling to you- not something you feel you have to achieve. ~Maddie
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Halloween is coming in twelve days. I am looking for ward to it because it is lost of fun!
I have started decorating the house. Today I drew a picture of Evil Jack, a monster with an evil face. Tomorrow I am putting out our light up Frankenstein. I can't wait! Ashleigh This is a quote about making the best of the moment you are in right now. So many people walk through life waiting for the next big thing to make them happy- the next big party, the next big vacation, the next big THING to occupy them and make them feel alive. In doing this, people tend to confuse true happiness for momentary distractions that give them spurts of joy. When people compare these big moments to regular life... their life seems unthrilling, unexciting and rather depressing. It's a warping of the mind and it deludes the meaning of happiness.
Another thing many are guilty of is comparing the lives they live to the lives of movie stars on TV. TV shows are there for one reason- to entertain us. Everything you see is unrealistic. The expectations they seem to place upon us are unattainable in the long run... but once again, we compare them to our own lives and in comparison, our REAL lives look drab compared to the lavish, exciting and constant-moving worlds we are shown on TV. This is a foolish brainwashing of our society and it's a large part of why I don't watch TV. What so many of us forget is that the world around us is everchanging as well... we just too often have our heads in our phones or our faces glued to the TV to notice it. Seasons come and go, and before you know it everyone is posting on social media about how 2015 "flew by" and "disappeared". Every year with technology seems to go faster and faster- because we keep our heads down and just let it fly by. There's so much natural beauty to be found around. There are adventures to go on every day- go hiking, take a drive and get lost, try something new- but you'll never get anywhere sitting on your ass in front of a screen. Take the moment you are living in right now. And make it yours. ~Maddie Since Maddie asked for five things that make me happy, I thought I'd answer. First, there are many things that make me happy, but many of these five reoccur daily, so I thought I'd use these.
1. Hugs and kisses from my daughters. At my house, we start each morning with a hug good morning and a kiss on the cheek. If I am lucky, this reoccurs throughout the day! If not, at bedtime each girl gives me a hug and a kiss good night. I also use that time to tell them that I love them. Although I tell that to them throughout the day as well, I like to reinforce it at night anyway. Life is too short not to tell those you love that you do actually love them. I found that out the hard way with my wife, and I am not going to repeat that mistake with my daughters. 2. My first cup of coffee. What can I say? If you drink coffee, then you know what I am talking about. If you don't, then you will never know what you are missing! If I had to describe my first cup of coffee I might say "Nectar of the Gods!" Anyway, could I live without coffee? Sure. But I just see no reason to do that. I like a nice hot cup of coffee in the morning to relax with. The rest of the coffee I drink during the day is okay, but the first cup is certainly my favorite. 3. Looking at the woods outside my office window. Yep, during the fall I love to watch the leaves change color. During the winter, I like to watch the snow fall silently among the trees (as it is doing now), and during the spring and summer I like to look at the wall of green and search for animals as they move through the brush. I see deer, squirrels and raccoon. Turkeys waddle by occasionally, and I have seen ground hogs and fisher cats too. "The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep." I always think of that poem when I look out my window and it is snowing. I love my woods, and my work is the promise that I have to keep. Still, there is something about the silence and stillness of the woods that just calls to me. 4. The view I get of Mt. Monadnock as I drive to karate. Okay, so this doesn't happen daily, but it happens often enough so that it seems daily. Actually, I can see the mountain from many places when I am driving around my area. The view gives me pleasure, because it reminds me of what I moved away from. The traffic, the overbuilding and the noise. After working in New York city for about 25 years, it was time for a change. My only regret is that my wife didn't live longer to enjoy it with me. In our lives, we all have decisions to make. Mt. Monadnock is a daily reminder that I made the right decision. To know that my girls are growing up with the sheer beauty of this area as a backdrop to their lives makes me happy. Let others chase a buck, raising my daughters is much more important to me...and the mountain symbolizes that to me. 5. The thrill of learning something new. I have to admit it, I am an information junkie. It doesn't matter too much to me what I am learning, it is just the fact that I am increasing my knowledge. I love to read about history or science or try new things. To me, learning doesn't just come from books. It comes from doing new things too. I love to hike and see new areas ...or old areas in new ways. I like to try to do things that I find difficult and take on-line courses. I love to read, and I will read numerous articles during the week on a number of different subjects. I learn things from all of these experiences. In the end, I love to think. I don't want someone to tell me what to think. Instead, I want to take in all the information that I can, and make my own decisions about what it all means. A life without learning is drudgery. I hope that I instill a great love of learning into my girls. Because seriously, thinking and learning is what separates man from animals. To paraphrase Bruce Lee: " A wise man learns more from a fool than a fool learns from a wise man." Be wise, learn to love to learn! Well, there are five things that I love. Funny how none of those things are really material in nature. Watching TV, you would think that happiness only comes from manufactured products. That's why I don't watch TV! TV is an opiate for the masses. It make me happy to avoid it as much as I can. I think the title of this post speaks for itself. Life in general is short- and it gets seemingly shorter if you're constantly stressed out about everything. So today, I wanted to do a post about things that made me happy (5 different ones) today and just wanted to write a happy post that lets you know life isn't worth worrying over. Worrying won't change the outcome of any situation and will only succeed in stressing you out needlessly.
See? Not hard. My challenge for you is to write a list of five things that have made YOU happy today. Post the list in the comments. And for one day- and the rest of your days; hopefully- let go of stress and worries. You'll find life to be so much easier without them. ~Maddie Today I read a new book Driving Buddies! The story is about a car named Mc Queen, a
race car. He tore up a road in a small town and got in trouble. He made friends while he was there, and they came to watch, him race. He did not win the race, but he made lots of friends! Ashleigh Alrighty. I actually have a rant for today.
For awhile now, one of my friends (we'll call him Z) has liked two different girls, X and Y. Now, since Z is young and is at a good point in his life to date; this shouldn't be too much of an issue, correct? INCORRECT. Allow me to explain the two different situations to you. X has feelings for Z and Z knows this. They talk to each other as if they are a couple, but they are long distance and X doesn't want to date him because she is afraid of hurting him due to her dangerous and toxic past. He has asked X out 3 times; and she has rejected him each time. However; she keeps him around and still talks to him like a boyfriend out of sheer convenience and because it needs no commitment from her point of view. Y also has feelings for Z. In fact; they've dated in the past and it went smoothly; besides the fact that Z originally though he loved her only as a friend. After losing her completely, he realized he loved her as more. They're now friends again, but that's what it remains. He knows of her feelings and has told her his. They both like each other a lot; HOWEVER Z will not date Y due to X saying she was jealous of their relationship after their breakup. He has quoted to her that "he doesn't want to be in a relationship because he is afraid X will get hurt and he can't do that to her". Now, I call absolute bullshit on Z. If Y has clear feelings for you, and you have clear feelings for her- DO IT! Especially when you know she won't reject you. But no. You're scared of X being hurt- when she has rejected you three times and clearly if she cared that much about you and wanted you so badly would have claimed her territory. It's not that complicated. Go for who's there for you; not for who just keeps you around as a booty call. Good night. ~Maddie I think it may snow this weekend. I like to play in the snow and make snow angels. I do not
know how to make snow balls yet. It is usually very cold when it snows. I like snow days! It means Christmas is coming soon. Ashleigh "Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth." That's a quote by Ludwig Borne, a German satirist who wrote in the early 1800's. I like this quote because I believe there are many illusions, yet only one truth on nearly any subject. Take love, for instance. Our divorce rates show that many people really don't know love, even though we are all searching for it. What is love? Can any one definition truly work for all people? To rip off another quote from Ludwig: "Nothing is permanent but change, nothing constant but death." If this is true, can there be a constant definition for love? A definition that remains constant across the centuries, and across all cultures?
The dictionary has seven definitions for "love" as a noun alone. It has seven more definitions for using the word as a verb. With that many definitions floating about, it's no wonder the divorce rate is so high! No one knows what the fuck someone else is talking about when they talk about being in love! We are all looking for love? Love is likely the greatest illusion of all. When some say love, they may mean sex. When others say it, they might mean commitment. Still another might mean great affection for. With all honesty I have said "I love pizza." And I do! I love to eat pizza is what I mean... or in other words, I have great affection for eating pizza. The love I have for pizza, is still different than the love I felt for my wife. The love I felt for my wife fits five of the seven definitions of love in the dictionary. Meanwhile, the love I feel for my daughters fit only one definition. Does this mean my love for my daughters is any less than the love for my wife? Absolutely not! It just means that there are more than one type of love, and that one is more appropriate for a wife and another is more appropriate for a daughter, or well, even pizza! Too many people talk lightly about love and cannot define it for themselves. They live a life of illusion. Before marrying someone, you need to break through these layers of illusion and find out what your own definition of love is ... And whether or not it matches that of your potential spouse. I believe many people do not know what they are talking about when they say love. Oftentimes, they will just repeat the words that the other is telling them. The best way to see if your definition of love matches up with the definition held by the one you love is to have both of you write down your definitions. At the same time, write down your expectations for what would make a happy marriage. Do the definitions match up? Do the expectations? Congratulations! You have just broken through a layer of illusion that many people never even recognize exists. So does losing an illusion make you wiser than finding a truth? I think so. In the movies, you always hear characters saying "No illusions! Tell me the truth!" In one movie, Jack Nicholson yells "You can't handle the truth!" And you know what, while he was incorrect about what he was screaming about, he is absolutely correct about nearly everything else in life. We all live lives of illusion. And it only takes a slight breeze to gently move the curtain and show you the reality. Reality often bites! When we get a glimpse of reality... a form of truth, we are wiser for it, but not always happier. Some illusions are good. They are there to protect us. Whether we know it or not. Sweeping them away, one by one, will make us wiser...just not necessarily happier. Be careful what you wish for. You just might find it. Truth can be a harsh lover. Today I read " What To Do Blue ?" It is a story about a dog named Blue who is trying to find
something to do. She goes out to visit her friends and they are all busy. Finally She sits down and begins to draw. Soon she has drawn an entire story. Her friends come over and they have her tell them the story over and over again. They liked the story very much. Blue finally had something to do! Ashleigh We all live in an illusion of some sort or another. Whether that illusion is love, happiness, hate, or something much smaller... we are all fooled by it at some point or another; even us realists. The reason I am choosing to write about this is due to my dad's post from yesterday. He wrote about the quote "Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion".Clearly this quote is a load of bullshit, and my dad made that quite clear in his post.
That set aside, I'd like to briefly discuss some of the most common illusions that a lot of us live in. Beauty There was once a time when the beehive hairstyle was popular. Dear God, what dark times those were! However, in some people's eyes, it was beautiful (as shocking as that may be to believe). It isn't very popular now; but you can still see people walking around with them. The beehive became singer Amy Winehouse's trademark look while she was still alive! The point is; we all have different definition of beauty. So while something may be beautiful to Bob, it doesn't necessarily mean that the same thing is beautiful to George. It all rolls down to perception; once again. Love Love is an illusion no matter how you look at it. I don't think anyone really knows what it is; we just know what we THINK it is and so we carry along with it. Once again- perception. I've seen so many of my friends who are young fall into "love" and let it destroy them far more than it should. In our teenage years, I really believe it is impossible to know what love really is due to the ever-changing hormones that control us a bit. I don't think ANYONE knows love. As I mentioned above; we jut pretend to. It's just another illusion- and a hard one to break, at that. Time Time is the biggest illusion of them all; however. Time is and always has been a man-made construct- but so many fail to see it as this. As far as we're concerned, time always has been. But that's obviously not the case. We live in the illusion; however... that there will always be a tomorrow. That there will always be a second chance. That we have all the time in the world to fix our mistakes... but it's not the case. Today could be our last day; and we may not know it. It's up to us to make the best of our lives while we're here... because life could come to a screeching halt at any time. ~Maddie "We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality." This is a quote by Iris Murdoch. Iris was a British author best known for her books about, philosophy, good and evil, sexual relationships and morality. She considered herself a follower of Plato, and that's likely where her thoughts on illusion and reality stemmed from.
So do we live in a world of illusion? In more ways than one, the answer would seem to be yes. Scientists will be the first to tell you that there is more to this world than we can perceive. There are light waves that the human eye cannot perceive and tones that the human ear cannot hear. These facts alone tell us that we are living in a world where we can see only part of the total picture. In fact, tests were done during the 1950's that showed that there can be a microwaved transmission of speech directly into the auditory cortex. It is called the Frey effect (named after the scientist who discovered it), and it allowed the scientist to beam a message to an individual, who would hear the message in his head while no one else around them could hear it! Have you ever thought you heard a voice but no one else heard it? Perhaps you did. The point is, how do we know reality? If people can beam thoughts into your head with microwaves, and the media willingly and easily changes photographs or only writes the news they want you to see. How can we really know what is reality and what is only an illusion. Should we assume that everything around us really is an illusion? Can we believe our eyes? Our thoughts? Our emotions? I have seen people who thought their spouses loved them, and yet later they found out that their spouse was cheating on them. Who can you really trust? If you can't even trust your own senses, is there anyone you can trust? Okay, I took that last thought process to an extreme. We all do live in a world of illusion. But sometimes, those illusions are necessary to help keep our sanity. The reality is that we can only trust everyone so far. I trust my daughters and my mother with my life. And yet I know that all of them lie to me occasionally on small matters. "That hair cut looks great!" "I didn't eat the last doughnut Daddy!" Is my trust in them an illusion. No, it is my reality. I know that my family will occasionally lie about small matters. That is a reality. On larger issues, I believe I can trust them. The reality is that I need that illusion, and so do they so that we can all live together amicably. Away from my family, my trust wears thin. While I'll generally trust my friends to do the right thing, I do keep my eye open for instances where things are not really as they seem. I have nearly no trust for the government or the media. Oftentimes, while out in the real world I like to follow the money, or the who benefits doctrine. When I hear something that doesn't sound 100% on the up and up, I try to figure out who will benefit from the situation, and then try to find if there was any manipulation to lead to the odd outcome. Unfortunately, I can find those connections rather easily when it comes to the government or large corporations. In the end, the reality is that we all live lives of illusion. Sometimes, the more you can see the illusions the less happy you will be. Other times, the opposite will be true. In the end, I'll finish with another quote. "Be careful what you look for...you just might find it!" This is a quote from Buddha. I agree with it very much- our thoughts do form us into who we are. Our thoughts and our mind ARE who we are... they are what make us different and unique from everyone else. Sure, we may share opinions and standpoints on some things, but in the end our brains and minds and thought processes are all different in small ways and it is this that gives us our own individuality.
Most people look at "isms" as only two things: optimism and pessimism. However, they forget realism. I am a realist in my way of thinking. I don't try to taint anything with gloom or over-enthusiasm. I instead try to see everything with honesty and truth- and when I speak, I say things how they are. Not how others want them to be. This is a part of who I am. I try to be logical, though I am often overthrown by emotions (unfortunately). I have a warped sense of humor that I inherited from my dad and carry on to my friends. I am often quiet and reserved in public... unless I am with my friends. This is who I am. How I think reflects how I act. How I perceive others also reflects how I act. I try to take lessons from everyone... even if they are small and seemingly insignificant. I can sometimes learn the most from strangers who don't even realize they are teaching me. Who are you? And how do your thoughts reflect you? ~Maddie Maddie is my sister. Maddie is a nice girl. She usually makes funny jokes. Sometimes she scares me though. When I am not looking she will sneak up behind me and make me jump five feet! But I still love her because she is my sister.
Ashleigh "Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion." That's a quote by Arthur Koestier. To me, it's obvious that Koestier truly knows nothing about love. Arthur was an author with many books to his credit. His most well-known work was Darkness At Noon an anti-Soviet work. Koestier was married three times during his lifetime and had numerous affairs. He was also alleged to have been a serial rapist, in a book by David Cesarani, in 1998.
While the rapist charge surprised me, his multiple marriages and numerous affairs really didn't surprise me. Neither did the fact that he had a child out of wedlock, which he then refused to have any contact with. The quote above speaks volumes about the man that uttered it. If the saddest thing you can think of is the death of an illusion...and you truly mean it, then it is obvious that the speaker has never experienced love for anything but themselves. Arthur's actions throughout his life also seem to point to his narcissism. He was married three times and yet had numerous affairs. This certainly points to the fact that he had little "love" or empathy for his wives and was instead just looking out for what was "best" for him.. For Arthur, love itself seems to have been an illusion. Real love takes into account the feelings of those you love. Narcissism is a normal condition at the infantile level of personality development. Is there narcissism in sadness? Yes, to some extent there is. When someone we love dies, some of our sadness is due to the fact that we will no longer be able to enjoy that person's company. But usually, there is so many more layers to the sadness. When my wife died, a lot of my sadness had to do with the empathy I felt for my daughters who were now going to experience growing up without a mother. I was also sad because Sharon was not able to beat her addictions... or see the great love that had surrounded her. Was I sad for myself? Sure. I miss my wife dearly. Companionship (without love) is easy to come by though, and my grief had less to do with a loss of companionship than the pain her loss was causing me and my daughters on a deeper level. In all. sadness is due to reality and not illusions. In a sense, we all suffer from illusions. We believe things that we are told or that we see, oftentimes without giving much thought to them. Later, when we actually learn the truth, we may experience some discomfort or sadness. For Arthur, his lack of love for anything or anyone but himself could have made the death of an illusion the saddest thing in his life...which in itself is sad. When Koestier was young, he had been a communist. His views changed with Stalin and the advent of Soviet communism. Could his conversion from communism be the death of his illusion? We'll never really know. Still, I think it is important to look under the illusion of a one sentence quote to see if it can really stand on its own. In this instance, I don't think that it can. There are many illusions in life. Sometimes, love is one of them. Love that you have for someone may not be felt for you by that other person. While that is sad, is that illusion, or reality? To me, the death of what is real is much more sad than the death of any illusion I may hold. What do you think? Today is Maddie's Birthday. She turned 14. Since I wanted to reminisce, I thought I would share some pictures of Maddie growing up. One month before Madison was born the World Trade Center was destroyed. Sharon had an appointment with a photographer that day to take pictures of her pregnancy. Given the appointment was on the Jersey shore, and we lived inland, we cancelled the appointment, and had the pictures taken two weeks later. Fourteen years later, and I have no idea where those pictures are. Just as well. The picture at the top was taken by a friend of mine who worked in an office building a few blocks away. I have three or four other pictures he took at the same angles. What a travesty! Below, are pictures of Maddie across the years. Enjoy! The sky is the limit Maddie. Here is a nice picture of the skies in New Hampshire. I hope you enjoyed your birthday.
Dad For Halloween; I am going as the Cheshire Wolf (essentially just a twist on the Cheshire Cat). Since I'm going as this, I had my dad order blue cat eye contacts for me online. They came in last week, and they're awesome! Since contact lenses only have an 8-month lifespan before they expire and are unwearable, I've been wearing them almost every day. This is also helpful because it gets me used to putting them in, taking them out and caring for them. I also wear them to get used to the feel in my eye so that it doesn't irritate me on Halloween.
However, I have gone out with them in a few times... and the looks I get from others aren't exactly very nice. Mostly, little children will give me odd looks; but I've also received a few strange glances from adults as I pass them in the store too. Children give looks of fascination; I've come to find... where adults simply look at me like there's something wrong. I've come to the conclusion that adults have a warped sense of judgement- that anything that doesn't look right should be frowned upon, almost. Meanwhile, children don't quite understand and while they may be confused, they won't be judgemental. It's odd how society can mold you into its ways as you grow up... how judgement of others suddenly leaps into existence and becomes important when you reach about 6 or 8. Oddly enough I saw a photo on facebook that is almost relevant to this blog post earlier- it said "none of us are born racist" and showed a small white child holding the hand of a darker skinned man while her mother simply looked the other way. There is also another photo I have seen online that states "all of us are born atheists, until someone starts feeding us lies". It's possibly one of my favorite memes out there; because of its brutal honesty. There is no logic behind religion whatsoever... and no historical proof. However, that is a blog post for another day. I have to go. ~Maddie "The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have." Of course, that's a quote by Vince Lombardi. Vince was the coach of the Green Bay Packers in the 60's and led the team to 5 NFL championships in seven years and won the first two Super Bowls. It's funny to me how many of the best motivational quotes out there seem to come from sports personalities. With all of their wisdom, they seem to think that the greatest impacts they can make in their lives is in playing and coaching sports.
I admit, I am of two minds on this issue. My Dad was a basketball coach, I have coached basketball in the past, and I am currently a sensei and I help to train people in karate. Obviously, I do think that there are benefits to sports and training. My problem with sports is when it becomes an obsession for people. Particularly for people who are not participating in it, but are just watching. I have seen grown men fight because they were rooting for opposing professional teams. I have seen grown men point at others and call them names because they are wearing a hat with the logo of an out-of-town team. It disgusts me. As I have grown older, I have stopped watching professional sports nearly all together. On occasion, I will sit through a game that is on TV while at a family gathering. I have no real interest in who either wins or loses. It's just on and so I will sit down and watch it with the other men at the gathering. Oftentimes, I end up falling asleep on the couch. It wasn't always that way. When I was younger I used to go to the games and root for the Rangers, the Knicks, the Giants and the Yankees. I collected baseball cards and yearbooks and had the pennants for many of my favorite teams. My epiphany came in 1982 when the NFL had their strike-shortened season. That is when it really hit home that professional sports, were not about the teams, but were just a business to most of the players and the team owners. The fans were a revenue source to these men and that's about it. Major League Baseball's strike-shortened season in 1994-1995 just reinforced my view. In the end, I started to feel like I was rooting for a corporation...which I was! I realized that since it was silly to go out and root for Procter & Gamble or Whirlpool, then it was equally silly to go out and "root" for these sports teams. Once I stopped caring about these corporate teams, large swaths of time opened up to me to do other things. While I could still enjoy watching a good play, I saw it as just that a good play by a talented individual...that I usually just saw on a highlight reel. I also found a new respect for amateur sports. The kids were still playing on teams and were loyal to their teams. They showed courage and skills and were not being paid millions (or anything) for their efforts. So how does all of this have anything to do with my opening quote? I don't know really. This post took a 90-degree turn from where I was originally headed with it. To get back to the quote, I think he was 100% correct in his assessment. It's just too bad that he likely meant it in how it pertained to sports. There is so much more to life than "sports". When your life gets so wrapped up in sports that everything else in your life takes a back seat to it, you end up missing a lot of what life has to offer you. Special moments with your wife or son or daughter. Time that you never have a chance to recapture. What you choose to do with your time does say a lot about who you are. It doesn't always say what you want it to say...particularly to the people who love you. So what's important to you? Better yet, who is important to you? Do your loved ones take a back seat to your passion for sports? Or are they front and center your reason for being? What we all have is time. What you choose to do with it IS the measure of who you are. Does it matter more to you that strangers have a good opinion of you, or your family? While everyone needs to answer this question for themselves, make sure that your answer doesn't measure up short with the ones you love. This is a quote by Jimi Hendrix; and I love it because it's extremely true. In today's world, everyone is power-hungry in some way or another- whether you look towards all the wars our country is fighting or take it to a smaller scale and look at control in friendships and relationships. I've seen so many of my friends get into horrible relationships where either they or their partner try to run everything, and it always ends in fighting and hurt. Being controlled is horrible... I know because I've unfortunately had friends who try to be controlling. On the other end of the spectrum, they messed up thinking I'm someone to be controlled and everything they attempted backfired in their face due to my being headstrong.
That point aside- peace and love are by far better than war and the need to control everything around you. I think that Jimi was definitely on the right track when he spoke those words- whether the world will ever know the truth behind them is another story. Currently, there is death everyday and so many people throw their lives away to work for a corrupt and power-hungry government with only its own best interest in mind. I hope that someday- hopefully in my lifetime- war will subside for good; and peace will reign... I sadly don't think that will happen. ~Maddie Today I read a new book, Pedro's Burro. The story starts with Pedro and his Papa going
to the village to buy a burro to help with the chores on their farm. Papa wanted a burro that could pull carts and carry loads. A burro came up and nudged Pedro. It wore a hat and could pull and carry things. The burro liked him. Papa decided to buy the burro. Ashleigh |
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