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- From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
- Subject: Re: wonderful life
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 21:39:39 GMT
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- >[...]
- >>
- >>anyway, this movie, as you all know, poses the question: what would
- >>the world be like if i had never been born? i sort of experienced
- >[...]
- >>
- [ ]
- >>
- >>what does everyone else think? do you all ever wonder what the world
- >>would be like without you?" kitten sits back to wait for answers.
-
- >C+ rams in again. ( I promise to be gone by tomorrow, folks... ) =)
- >"Well, Kitten, firstly, I think I speak for everyone here when I say
- >we really are grateful for your presense in the transdimensional
- >tavern. if you weren't here, everyone would say 'Hmm.. you know, something's
- >not right. Someone's missing from this place who can fill it with joy,
- >laughter and fun.' Then everyone would leave.. =)
-
- kitten blushes at yet more kind words...."i think you exaggerate just
- a bit, C+....but thank you..."
-
- >"Anywayz, I think we do have a purpose here, to do good and maybe change
- >it in however small way the life of the people who are around us. "Random
- >acts of kindness, senseless deeds of wonder" ( paraphrased.. ) are all
- >good enough. Miniscule the deed may be, but if it does help someone get
- >by another day, it is sufficient reason for my existence.
-
- "i agree with this...i LIKE knowing that i can do some small good or
- add some beauty to the world..."
-
- >"At heart, I'm a cynic, but i never let that cynicism overwhelm me. I
- >often question the things that I do, but never let that get in the
- >way of me actually doing it. That's my whole philosophy. The world
- >will be pretty much the same place whether I was here or not, as I
- >know I'm not destined for greatness, but I know some people are
- >grateful for me being around, and so that's good enuf, hmm?" =)
-
- "it's like the ripples in the water when you toss a stone...if you are
- the stone the ripples you cause might not make a great deal of
- difference in the grand scheme of the lake...but .... they are there
- and can't be denied...
-
- funny, i don't think of you as being cynical...."
-
- kitten hugs C+ and smiles...
-
- --
- ***************************************************************************
- conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten /\ /\ barbara ann
- "my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?" {=.=}
- ~ trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
- "love is the wild card of existance"
- rita mae brown
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