BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT & Bessie’s Back Soon
Had the most lovely day with BlueBelle in a little town called Bright. This is one of the nicest places I have seen. Idyllic with some of the quaintest knick knack, fairy shops I have seen and a raft of nice café’s.
The Wier and park are just beautiful with a huge kids playground in the middle. Daddy Daughter heaven.
Bess is coming back a day early, YAY. So we have decided to go through Kosciusko and Jindabyne together. It’s just too beautiful here for her to miss out. Let us know if u are in the area
SAD SIDE OF LIFE CHANGE
Living in a little car with her enormous German Sheppard was a lady who parked near us on the mountain overnight.
She had been traveling for some time and had visited a lot of the places we had. But rather than it being a freeing or fun experience, she had drama, disaster and complaint for every place she had gone.
She looked quite sad and I wondered how I could help. Coffee and food she declined coz she said she had, ‘no stomach,’ and money wise she probably had more than us since she received a disability pension for her back along with free morphine apparently! So I just chatted for a while which she seemed to enjoy.
The more we have helped people around the country, the more I’m starting to see its limitations. You can never really do enough, and the problems we help often occur from sources we can do little about.
So I’m beginning to think now that helping someone’s state of mind is probably the greatest gift you can give.
You can give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day – You can teach him to fish and he’ll want workers comp or you can free his mind and he’ll open a starbucks!
STUFF WE SHOULD NOT FORGET
Statistics courtesy of Kay Danes up coming new book www.Kaydanes.com
- There are 158 million children under the age of 15 trapped in child labour worldwide,
- 640 million people throughout the world are without shelter,
- 400 million are without safe water,
- 270 million are without any form of health care.
- Three billion people live on less than two dollars a day.
- One billion people live on less than one dollar a day.
September 7th, 2010
3 Comments on "21-03 Bright & The Sad Side of Life"
I love your quote about giving a man a fish!
In my experience most people just want someone to listen to them.
Not to tell them what to do – most people really do know what they should do, not everyone does it. There is nothing more frustrating than knowing what you should be doing, but for whatever reason aren’t doing it and then having someone else come along and try to “fix” you.
I have discovered thru my life that if you listen to people they usually figure out what they need to do for themselves.
Cheers
JJ
Hi Geoff, it sounds like you did all you could do, for this woman. The fact that you listened to her, really listened is all one can do sometimes!
It may sound cruel, but there are some people who thrive on drama and dread, in their lives. Hopefully, your contact with her and other people who listen to her may, one day lift her spirit.
When I come across people like that, and I often do….I just continued to think of them and ask the universe to protect and guide them and bring someone into their lives, who can somehow help. Sending them love and healing in my thoughts often, as well.
More importantly, the statistics quoted above are horrendous!!! Surely, the powers that be could start making a difference in stamping out ‘child labour’, starvation etc. I think we are all responsible and need to make head roads into this problem by doing and giving whatever we can, to at least help in some small way.
Even tiny gestures of help with food, money and time…would bring about change, little by little.
Glad you enjoyed ‘Bright’ it’s been about 30 years since I’ve been there, but will be visiting my cousin in Bright, next weekend. Looking forward to it very much.
Wishing you continued happy travels ! Cheers Nancy
I’m so glad to see BlueBelle is clothed and wearing shoes lol, you’re doing a fantastic job Daddy!
I feel like I’ve been there each day as I read your blogs – nice work considering the little sleep you must be having!! very impressed.
Seems I might not be needed anymore??? lol
Can’t wait to see my babies today!!!!
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