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Re: Perspective
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:36:44 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ronald Vallenduuk wrote:
> Tonight I've been watching 'Sport Relief' on the BBC. For those of you
> who don't know the program: it's a fund-raising event where all sort
> of celebrities do sport-related stuff to raise money for various
> projects. And of course they show those projects.....
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> In Peru children as young as 4 work in quarries, in India the 'Railway
> children' are children who have left their families because their
> parents couldn't afford to keep them. They live from what they find in
> and around trains. In Africa babies are born HIV positive, often
> orphaned shortly after birth.
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> And here we are, bitching and moaning about the shade of grey of our
> beloved toys.....
Duq,
Bless you for reminding us of the big picture. We all live blessed
lives as indicated by us being able to have hobbies. Many difficult events
have transpired in my life in the last year that helped me realise
how blessed my life is. My life could be much worse than it has been and
will be.
There is much to be happy about.
Kevin
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| (...) Our family knows an Afghan, and he was telling us about how he visited one family, and the child was complaining about school, and didn't want to go. He said that if this boy went to Afghanistan, he would be very thankful for school and all (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| Tonight I've been watching 'Sport Relief' on the BBC. For those of you who don't know the program: it's a fund-raising event where all sort of celebrities do sport-related stuff to raise money for various projects. And of course they show those (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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