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To: jeremy_atticus who wrote (6162)10/13/2001 5:22:55 PM
From: elpolvo  Read Replies (2) of 104155
 
ja and jc-

kath and i used to go over to gallup
once a month or so to visit her dad.
he lived alone in a small house. he
was retired but rarely went anywhere.
spent most of his time watching TV
and reading the newspaper.

he was constantly in a state of either
frustration or anger about what was
going on (or at least what the news
was telling him was going on). if he
was still alive today i'm sure he would
be pacing his house cursing bin laden
right now.

not much happens in gallup of
any great international significance and
he could have chosen to spend his days
visiting with friends, going fishing,
traveling around in the countryside, getting
involved in interesting activities, or
any of a thousand other choices. he never
had even the smallest impact on any of
the events or situations that came into
his world through the tube or the paper,
yet those things shook and soured his soul
every day.

he didn't even enjoy a trip to the grocery
store or a restaurant because the only thing
he had to talk about to the clerks or wait
staff was the horrible news. he shared his
angst and spread it around and soon everyone
around him was just as frustrated and angry as
he was about life.

he was a good "bad example" to me of how
our quality of life is so dependent on what
we choose to think about.

there are a lot of people like that. so many,
in fact, that i just let them do the worrying
for the world. i owe them a lot... my happiness.

god bless them.

-indebted to the angry worriers of the world
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