OT Things can always be worse... and D-Day

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Hi Butch

I reckon these are pretty wise words...

 

> My recommendations would be to shop around for new businesses .. and

> take a day off .. and not blame yourself .. and be glad the pups are

> born .. and know that kids will get well anyway as kids generally do ..

> and realize that no matter how bad things get they can always get worse

> and likely they are already worse for some other folks .. then you take

> the squeezings from a pint of good Kentucky Bourbon, pour it over some

> ice cubes and splash in a bit of spring water (branch water if you can

> find it) and then take a day off .. and smile. :-) Butch

 

Specially these... which remind me to start each day with a silent word

or two of thanks...

 

> realize that no matter how bad things get they can always get worse

> and likely they are already worse for some other folks

 

France is in fevered preparation for the D-Day 60 year commemoration.

We have non-stop programming of talkshows, debates, movies (Private

Ryan, Longest Day, etc etc) on tv and interviews on the radio and in

the papers (including one with Pres. Bush).

(No French bashing comments please...it's not the moment...thanks)

 

The tone is reconciliation and remembrance. There are Germans and

Italians standing alongside the Allies...this bothers some, and moves

others to tears. Left or right, revisionist, apologist, historian,

bleeding heart, veterans...the stage is full. Our ears are

overwhelmed...but mostly our eyes are moist in humility and respect.

War is hell - nothing truer ever said, it seems to me. The massacre

on those beaches is hard to imagine, even with Technicolor and Tom

Hanks.

I may be American, living in France and could feel some pride at the

honors being bestowed on the veterans...but I feel pretty insignificant

compared to those teenagers who waded up to the beach to be mowed down

- I can't imagine what kind of courage it would take to walk into

certain death.

 

All that to say, that at the moment I never read a simpler truer

thought that is just so apt... things can always get worse.

I give thanks for this day.

Anne