tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post2153795478848848532..comments2023-08-06T05:52:29.692-04:00Comments on Keep It Trill: Learning Through Nature And Listening To God In 2009When Pondering The State Of The WorldKit (Keep It Trill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03027769872237001801noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-79588130358516675212009-01-08T13:19:00.000-05:002009-01-08T13:19:00.000-05:00It's sad isn't it? To see what a great country we ...It's sad isn't it? To see what a great country we live in and yet bear witness to what our own greed and selfishness has wrought us. <BR/><BR/>Being fairly young, I have personally never lived in a time or place where anyone lived by the creedo of being their brother's keeper. But it certainly doesn't stop me from wishing it to be so. I think half of our issues would dissipate or be completely erased if only we realized that we aren't just living for ourselves, no matter how much we would like to believe so.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year!Lahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16263956941852080340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-35469645214959615332009-01-07T10:50:00.000-05:002009-01-07T10:50:00.000-05:00Hello there K.I.T.!{waves}I don't think I dropped ...Hello there K.I.T.!<BR/>{waves}<BR/><BR/>I don't think I dropped by on the 1st to bring "Happy New Year!!!" greetings so here I am!<BR/><BR/>{raised glass of sparkling cider}<BR/>Here's to another year of great blogging!<BR/><BR/>(smiles)<BR/><BR/>I am surely listening for God and to God in 2009.<BR/><BR/>Peace, blessings and DUNAMIS!<BR/><A HREF="http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-small-blog/" REL="nofollow">Lisa</A>LISA VAZQUEZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583559303233985031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-29077840977075644032009-01-06T23:27:00.000-05:002009-01-06T23:27:00.000-05:00We are all in a sad mess indeed! Although I see no...We are all in a sad mess indeed! Although I see no light at the end of the tunnel, I will hold my family high, as long as God is willing and I will be dragging, pulling and carrying as many as I can.<BR/><BR/>Our society has been plagued with disease for quite some time now. The disease? Selfishness.<BR/><BR/>We need to implore our schools and parents to teach children the value of frugality. Instead, we teach over indulgence and your "wants" are more important than others "needs" by our own actions.<BR/><BR/>Great post indeed!TriState Saverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14930051764942004985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-15144221257840783392009-01-06T18:19:00.000-05:002009-01-06T18:19:00.000-05:00I read this book recently by Ocativa Butler called...I read this book recently by Ocativa Butler called Parable of the Sower.<BR/><BR/>You would really enjoy it. Check it out.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-27413067863424915102009-01-06T15:29:00.000-05:002009-01-06T15:29:00.000-05:00KIT, these are some hard concepts to digest. That...KIT, these are some hard concepts to digest. That multi family unit filled with minutia I call back home is looking more and more like a general store each day. <BR/><BR/>Guess I'd better learn to bite the bullet, cause I too will probably be swept up in the crashing waves.RealHustlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070016006573810157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-7978675880012451722009-01-06T09:35:00.000-05:002009-01-06T09:35:00.000-05:00We are many things, and we are also each a drop of...<I>We are many things, and we are also each a drop of water in the ocean of humanity...</I><BR/><BR/>Sometimes we are so high and mighty we forget about the greater whole. Damn...good ish. <BR/><BR/>-Ed.<BR/>www.edthesportsfan.comEd The Sports Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11539959533972074677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-67047858867613188592009-01-05T14:34:00.000-05:002009-01-05T14:34:00.000-05:00Kit: I had to come back and read this again. Don't...Kit: I had to come back and read this again. Don't ask me why. When you wrote: <I>"...some ocean earthquakes are near enough to us to affect us..."</I> I thought about how the opposite is true. Sometimes events don't (and/or should not) shake us out of position.<BR/><BR/>My fiance is overly sensitive to everything going on around him. And I don't mean in the positive way (as an observant person who understands situational awareness).<BR/><BR/>A stranger a mile away can say/do something, and my fiance gets all stressed out about it. <BR/><BR/>He once almost lost his mind when he thought he heard a teenage employee sweeping the floor near us mumbling something about Black folks. All I saw was a disgruntled employee complaining to a coworker about nothing in particular. Either way, so what? It didn't shake the smile off my face, but my fiance was standing there looking like a fighting lion immobilized by invisible restraints. Worse, he always wants to argue with me about <I>why I should be upset about the things other people do.</I> ::sigh::<BR/><BR/>The fiance has a desire to fix everybody and everything that doesn't fit with his view of the world. I see that as dangerous, because he'll shorten his life worried about small quakes in the middle of the ocean that never hit land. To me, focusing on what matters trumps getting scattered in the wind.<BR/><BR/>As TD Jakes once told Eddie Long, "you'll wreck your car swatting at gnats."<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for a good post.<BR/><BR/>Hawa, author of<BR/><A HREF="http://www.fackintruth.typepad.com" REL="nofollow">Fackin Truth Blog</A> (Personal Blog)<BR/>and<BR/><A HREF="http://www.CleanseMasterRemix.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Cleanse Master Remix</A> (Health Blog)Hawa Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17191367234186509296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-84963533390906708962009-01-05T01:08:00.000-05:002009-01-05T01:08:00.000-05:00Preach my sister preach!I'm laughing at Emeritus:-...Preach my sister preach!<BR/><BR/>I'm laughing at Emeritus:-)Debo Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17870178701012520680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-15691072186027528012009-01-04T09:08:00.000-05:002009-01-04T09:08:00.000-05:00I love the comparisons you make here.Very clever a...I love the comparisons you make here.<BR/>Very clever and moving. It makes senseBen Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13218916495966241875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-32985048676304462172009-01-04T03:34:00.000-05:002009-01-04T03:34:00.000-05:00Anonymous, I'd probably be a more receptive to you...<B>Anonymous</B>, I'd probably be a more receptive to your comment if you had used the phrase "most exploited" rather than "weakest" when describing minorities. <BR/><BR/>I also expect the government to pay for public schools, ensure I have clean drinking water, to look out for the elderly, disabled, and mentally ill through SSI, to have social programs to help the disadvantaged have a chance to learn skills for work, to protect children's rights, and to fund road, rail and bridge projects, etc. <BR/><BR/>All of this is socialism, and far cheaper than the socialism of bailing out private corporations who imploded from their own greed and mismanagement at the tune of one trillion dollars.<BR/><BR/>And why did the majority of Congress and Obama sign the Bailout Bill? This <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8" REL="nofollow">video</A> will tell you why.Kit (Keep It Trill)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03027769872237001801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-14479619798344836972009-01-04T03:24:00.000-05:002009-01-04T03:24:00.000-05:00V-Knowledge, yeah, self-interest has been taken to...<B>V-Knowledge</B>, yeah, self-interest has been taken to a whole new level in government and the mega-corporations since the 80s and in the past 8 years in particular. Check out this post, <A HREF="http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/clusterfuck_nation/2008/12/legitimacy-dwindles.html" REL="nofollow">Legitimacy Dwindles</A>, by Kunstler. His other once a week essays are great too.<BR/><BR/>If you have time to pick up his book at the library, <I>The Long Emergency</I>; the last two prophetic chapters will enrich you and help you strategize for the future.<BR/><BR/><B>Hawa & Chi-Chi</B>, Thank you, and I'll pick up those books at the library and read them this month. They sound right up my alley.Kit (Keep It Trill)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03027769872237001801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-1212917078207912102009-01-04T00:16:00.000-05:002009-01-04T00:16:00.000-05:00KIT, have you read the novel by Octavia Butler cal...KIT, have you read the novel by Octavia Butler called Parable of the Sower? I recently did and even though it was fiction, it sent chills up my spine. I can totally see how, if we don't do something now, that world that Ms. Butler imagined could become the world that we live in--could become our reality.The Original Wombmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635150040219983526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-47073002721361207142009-01-03T22:44:00.000-05:002009-01-03T22:44:00.000-05:00If only we had a glimmer of hope to reach toward. ...If only we had a glimmer of hope to reach toward. We will soon have a president who doesn't even embrace the brilliant ideas our founding fathers had for this country. He turns his back on democracy and preaches socialism. God wants us to be our brother's keeper, but He would never approve of a leader who plays upon the weakest of His children for that leader's personal and political gain. <BR/>We've got a congress who also turned their backs on the financial trouble that was brewing. Equal opportunity gone awry. Congressmen paid for their blindness.<BR/>I would welcome you into my home, feed you and take care of you when sick, but I do NOT want a government that forces my hand. That is why it's not done by our brothers and sisters, because everyone is waiting for, and expecting, the government to do it for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-78818462936638455162009-01-03T18:32:00.000-05:002009-01-03T18:32:00.000-05:00Kit, your writing never ceases to amaze me. You so...Kit, your writing never ceases to amaze me. You sound like a perfect candidate to read the book:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Endgame-Vol-1-Problem-Civilization/dp/158322730X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/175-4670240-0237734?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231025499&sr=8-2" REL="nofollow">Endgame Vol I: The problem of civilization</A><BR/><BR/>Hawa, author of<BR/><A HREF="http://www.fackintruth.typepad.com" REL="nofollow">Fackin Truth Blog</A> (Personal Blog)<BR/>and<BR/><A HREF="http://www.CleanseMasterRemix.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Cleanse Master Remix</A> (Health Blog)Hawa Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17191367234186509296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-48347201794034128032009-01-03T14:19:00.000-05:002009-01-03T14:19:00.000-05:00There is no better time for our society, and the r...There is no better time for our society, and the rest of the world, to WAKE UP. Up to this point, the main thing that has been killing us is division. <BR/><BR/>Politically, we seldom embrace common ideas, opting instead to clutch onto our parties' principles in order to keep "our side" ahead of the game. Those in power look out for themselves and their self-interests, and have the sheer nerve to consider unity as a detriment.<BR/><BR/>Those who follow different religious beliefs choose not to share in their common teachings, but instead are comfortable in looking down on others' faiths. <BR/><BR/>All of us need to begin working towards uplifting one another, in whatever capacity we see fit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-57596402002135570192009-01-03T13:30:00.000-05:002009-01-03T13:30:00.000-05:00well said , my sentiments excatly only if our gra...well said , my sentiments excatly only if our grand folks could see us nowAll-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843040863123899426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-12151625567288970692009-01-03T10:37:00.000-05:002009-01-03T10:37:00.000-05:00Sagacious, your last word - holocaust - is exactly...<B>Sagacious</B>, your last word - <I>holocaust</I> - is exactly what's at that bottom of this abyss we're falling into. If humanity cannot grab onto a ledge or a branch, it will become a historical inevitability, and once again mankind will be no more. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for bringing up those if's and that word.<BR/><BR/><B>Mimi</B>, you were so blessed to have neighbors like that. I still find them here and there, and we look out for each other's kids in a pinch. But you're right; it's just not as common as it used to be.<BR/><BR/><B>Emeritus</B>, Oh, I don't know... your pursuit of a degree in the helping field won't give you much or any time now to help others, but it won't be long before you're doing it full-time. Heh-heh, so even though 2009 may be all about you, indirectly it's still much about others. Thumbs up!Kit (Keep It Trill)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03027769872237001801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-75676251935514083102009-01-03T10:12:00.000-05:002009-01-03T10:12:00.000-05:00Kit, IF we develop or at least adjust our collect...Kit, IF we develop or at least adjust our collective conscious to be more of our brother's keeper. IF we begin focusing more on humanity and less on the bottom line. IF we begin being concerned about the Earth we live on we might have a chance of avoiding a holocaust.SagaciousHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511441325695460501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-73820243710922822052009-01-03T07:15:00.000-05:002009-01-03T07:15:00.000-05:00I think if our society could actually take on the ...I think if our society could actually take on the "I am my brother's keeper" mantra, we could actually make it thru this recession. Although it might still be devastating, it'll be little easier with each others help.<BR/><BR/>I remember the times when neighbors used to be concerned about each other. Our neighbor used to feed us and make sure we got ready for bed whenever my mother would have to work late.<BR/><BR/>What happened to that?Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892850476530901467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-44790005080574225712009-01-03T06:49:00.000-05:002009-01-03T06:49:00.000-05:00dang that is a hard one; esp since i just decided ...dang that is a hard one; esp since i just decided that this year would be all about me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com