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To: epicure who wrote (86340)	8/24/2000 1:01:09 PM
From: Frederick Smart	Respond to of 108807

Despair vs. Hope..... >>You know, there are some people who have nothing to be grateful for. What about THEM. All over the world, at any time, there are children being tortured, sometimes to death, sometimes not. Somewhere, right now, there is someone, somewhere in the world, on their knees pleading to someone else for their life- and their plea will not be answered. I suppose you could say "But they can be grateful for death!!! Light energy- the evil they experience may move the world forward..." Maybe so, maybe no. Your gloss over horror seems facile to me. I do not like it. I find it repellent. I'm sure you don't mean it the way I read it, but it does seem to be just a variant of "Always look on the bright side of life"- which is fine as an approach to life when you are somewhere above the bottom, but I wouldn't go preaching it to people in real despair.>> We need more hope in the world. Not conditionalized, realative, realistic HOPE. But the white hot, sky high, sun-filled variety that provides a rock solid feeling of integrity that others can learn to build upon - and here's the catch - WITHIN themselves. There's too much horizontal quid pro quo back-scratching stuff which is passed around as "hope" to others in this world. It's very easy to toss bones and money and materials, but there's only a thin level of exchange going on: like giving up money for groceries. The light, energy and love within INDIVIDUALS - not organizations or governments or religions with programs, money and might - are sources of hope in this world. One problem is that individuals tend to allow things outside of themselves to get in the way of allowing them to exercise their power to minister, help and serve others in this world. But this "problem" is really an opportunity for each of us. And these answers are inside all of us. But if I say the phrase "helping others" and eyebrows will get raised. For we are conditioned to NOT say these things. "Others" or things outside of ourselves are more worthy or are supposed to claim this right to help and serve. I say BS! We all have the power and the right and the energy to minister, help and serve others. NOW!! Not when others want to allow us the politically correct opening to embrace and proclaim it. I just think the wonder and glory of service has been erroneously hijacked and held hostage by things outside of ourselves: fear, lack, limits, however we define and enforce these limits. Some may blame powerful organizations - companies, nonprofits, governements, etc. Some may blame God. But we have only ourselves and blaming is not the answer. We need more people to catalyze/facillitate change which connects more people together instead of dividing us. Some may say "blah, blah, blah...I've heard this before" but I say it's time for the system to open up and turn upside down. This transformation toward service, light, openness and energy is happening all over the world. It's an expression of risk and love. And it's coming from the ground up where the source counts - from INDIVIDUALS. I see a sweeping wave of energy, light, hope and love that's going to radiate all over the world. And those little girls that are pleading on their knees will be impacted in positive ways as this spreads. Peace. .