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A friend sent me this story this morning.. It demonstrates charity without degradation, and kindness without coddling.. I don’t know the source of the story, but here you are:

RED MARBLES

I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean,hungrily apprising a basket of freshly picked green peas.

I paid for my potatoes but was also drawn to the display of fresh green peas. I am a pushover for creamed peas and new potatoes.
Pondering the peas, I couldn’t help overhearing the conversation between20Mr.. Miller (the store owner) and the ragged boy next to me.

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If you think that dreams dry up and blow away after forty, consider the debut of Susan Boyle. Susan is 47 and appeared on Britains Got Talent.
She has the surety of one who accepts herself as she is, and shares her exceptional talent with the world. The following is worth the listen:

The end of the world as we know it…All about things going i the world and the experience of rapid change, environmental shifts, and how the world of a few years from now, will look very different.

http://teotwawki2012.com

Here Obama is sworn in, even though Justice Roberts had a moment of dyslexia.

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Transcript of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address
Posted: 12:39 PM Jan 20, 2009
Last Updated: 1:08 PM Jan 20, 2009

Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama
As Prepared for Delivery
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Thursday, January 8, 2009
(Courtesy: WhiteHouse.gov

Throughout America’s history, there have been some years that simply rolled into the next without much notice or fanfare. Then there are the years that come along once in a generation – the kind that mark a clean break from a troubled past, and set a new course for our nation.

This is one of those years.

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I’ve been absent from posting on the internet. The holidays claimed me. After which I went into a hybernative state of mind. I am emerging today as it is sunny, and the last day I will ever be 51 years old.

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