2021

Good Morning ALL! How are you this Friday, March 26, 2021. It is the weekend, yay. I love the weekends. A chance to do some of the things that you did not have time for during the week. Even though I am working from home, I do the laundry for example of Saturdays and sometimes finishing on Sundays as I have always done. That goes for everything that I have traditionally done on the weekends still is completed on the weekend.

One thing away from the joy of weekends and that I was thinking about earlier this morning is the recent loss of life in the U.S. from shootings in a public place. I will never understand why the Americans keep clinging to the The Second Amendment of their Constitution that reads: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Why is that a fundamental right of the people? Why has not been amended in 2021. This was ratified on December 15, 1791. I am never quite sure why any country clings to outdated laws. This does not make sense to me in 2021. I know that this is very important to the Americans. We share a border with the U.S. and are similar in so many ways. In fact in the early days many people populated Canada from the U.S. – coming in from other countries. So why did we not have a similar Constitution? I wonder. We do not have a “right to bear arms.” People in Canada can apply for a license to own a gun for hunting and such. But there seems to be a lot more control over guns and a lot less mass shootings. Not to say that we have not had them. When will there be a breaking point where the people just say “enough is enough” or will they ever say this? I wonder? Incredibly sad for unnecessary loss of life. Most especially sad during a pandemic. I have always wondered these questions and perhaps because this is not something I usually write about in a public forum, today seems like the day. I believe that there are always going to be people that are able to obtain guns in some manner or other but why make it so easy for them. Also some of these guns that can spray what seems like a million bullets …. why are people able to purchase them? I wonder how many people are afraid to send their children to school, afraid to go to the mall or go pick up groceries?

Time to head on downstairs and get to work. Excited for my morning coffee. The sun is beginning to rise for a new day.

Always good to think about things that do not make sense to still be an active law, if you will.

Living my life in kindness, respect, compassion and patience.

Always, Carol & Alvin

Thought for the day ….

Good Morning and Welcome to Saturday the 29th day of April, 2017.

It started out very early this morning to be BRIGHT and SUNNY.

Now at 9:30 or so the sky has begun to cloud over but there is still sunshine.

They are forecasting 10 degrees celsius for today but rain at some points.

Oh well.

 

Very serious thoughts this morning ….

With multi-media we see so much …..

This morning and throughout my dreams I have been “thinking” of all those poor animals who suffer and are tortured by the hand of humans, and ultimately die.

Some of this torture is in the name of sport and some is through neglect and abuse.

No matter what it is named it is WRONG.

I know we torture and kill each other and I am not saying that is right.

IT IS NOT.

You do not need to murder a majestic LION to be strong or seemingly important.

When you kill a LION you do it unnecessarily.

When you slaughter an ELEPHANT for the IVORY you are a monster beyond description.

IF you are into sport feeling the need to shoot a gun or bow&arrow go to a shooting range.

They are all over the place.

There is no need to kill an animal just for the sport.

No need at all.

You are just a cruel, sadistic, I would say non-human being when you kill an animal unnecessarily.

I cannot believe that it is 2017, we are travelling into space, can heal many diseases and have great technology to help us but we cannot help ourselves with our NEED to have power over helpless

creatures who do not deserve this treatment.

My heart is bleeding and hurts for all those helpless creatures who died untimely cruel tortuous deaths.

Please be kind to other creatures big and small.

We need Lions, Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos, Dogs, Cats, Frogs and all of them.

I get the food thing but so much is unnecessary horrible treatment of another living being.

Even in nature, predators do not treat their prey with such disregard.

Think about it.

 

Think about how you treat other living beings and do your part to be a kinder more gentle inhabitant of this beautiful planet.

 

Special Hello to: all those folks who work tirelessly to help animals and each other.

Always, Carol and Alvin