Kindness is always good. Even kindness to an ungrateful relative or a grumpy server, kindness always makes the world a slightly better place. I had a chance to play a small part in the grand web of kindness the other day. I heard a loud bang on the sliding door and I thought, "Oh, no! That doesn't sound good!"
In the mid 1960’s (I was in my mid 20’s) I served two years in the Peace Corps in Malaysia. Malaysians’ concept of what Americans were like was largely gleaned from movies: white, rich, spoiled, and of questionable morals.
I returned from Puerta Vallarta, Mexico where violence broke out on the morning of Sunday, February 22nd. The Mexican government had attacked the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the death of its leader, “El Mencho,” led to attacks by cartel members throughout the state of Jalisco.
It is called “pulmonary rehab,” but I have been known to call it “pulmonary purgatory.” But please don't tell the kind and smiling angels who work there! They do their jobs extremely well. The idea is to help people who have respiratory difficulties by strengthening their muscles, since stronger muscles require less oxygen to function well.
Let’s have a quick show of hands. Who here in the U.S. feels safer now that we’re killing Iranian schoolgirls? And can anyone tell me what, exactly, Iran has done to warrant American involvement in that country’s endless conflict with Israel? Is nuclear-armed Israel unable to defend itself?
Waking up last weekend with bombs dropping in Iran was unexpected unthinkable and shameful. The death toll as of today is over 1300, and includes 7 American soldiers and many Iranian school children during a strike by the US. Congress did not approve this aggression. Many Americans oppose this war , an unprovoked one at that.
