Julie said:

 

I'm a believer of the afterlife and of karma. I think we need to treat others as we wish to be treated and to live according to our personal ethics and morals.
What goes around comes around even in the afterlife.

 

lindainks55 said:

 

Being EVER the liberal and proud of it, I'm not able to judge what is right for one or what might be right for another. Ya know, we've all got to make those decisions for ourselves. We can't be comparing or judging.

HOWEVER, I see fewer and fewer who are accountable for their decisions and that is very disappointing! Social nets should only be in place for emergencies, catostropic illness... We should all expect to pay our bills and live within our means!

I am truly a very simple person. Average in most every way. I admire responsibility and the people I choose to spend time with are responsible people.

I liked the welfare reform program Clinton started and although it needs more work I think it was a great start to a good solution.

All that rambling out, I am happiest when giving and helping. I'm old now and all too often not needed as much as I like to be needed. I haven't seen any evidence that money can buy happiness or love or friends or true quality of life. So give me simple pleasures and lots of people to love and I will always be a happy woman (no matter who has more)!

 

Tracy Phillips said:

 

Linda!
What a refreshing outlook on life.
The Dalai Lamma would be proud of you.
I always wanted to read his book-
"The Art Of Happiness".

 

lindainks55 said:

 

You are way too kind! I'm too simple to see anything but what I expect. Actually I've been so lucky in life and I've seen good too often to be less than a pollyanna. Don't we all color our own destiny most of the time? As my Mom told me more often than I can count, "Well, young lady you can just get glad in those same shoes you got mad / sad in!" She didn't allow pouting. Perhaps if I had ever had to face adversity I would be more cynical.

 

Tracy Phillips said:

 

Gee, Yo Mama nicer dan my momma.
My momma say:
"You burnt your own ass, now sit on the blister for a while".