Reply #34: "There is just no caring anymore" [View All]

[shance]

You know, that is something that effects and hurts me to see as well. However, there are actually so many that care. We just have to look a little harder these days.

Alot of us are here at DU care tremendously and are doing things nationwide to improve things. That's why so many of us are here at DU I think.

I thank you for verbalizing these things. Seems to me its important for me to remember how important caring and loving each other is in the world. I think it's what its all about really,, which is each other and all living things. We can't take our cars, boats, Rolex watches, Prada bags with us when we die. They will mean nothing when we're gone from here.

Before my mother died, she was getting a blood transfusion and we were sitting in the hospital room, and my mother asked me what kind of mother had she been to me. My mother was not a very reflective person, but she knew she was dying and that what was very important to her. I had also lost a gold bracelet she had given me, which ordinarily would have made her furious, she apparently had noticed I didnt have it on. Yet my mom was literally almost upbeat about the situation, and went out of her way that day to remind me it was only a bracelet.

I think what will matter to us is how we lived our life, what we did on this earth and how we impacted others and all creatures around us. How are we helping the elderly, sick and the young ones around us? How are we comforting others, making others laugh, feel good and valued? I believe those things are what we will be reflecting on when we are dying. Atleast that is what I always here from people that are dying. They seem to want to know that they've made a difference. We all do. That is where the true value in living is. I think we've gotten side tracked and we need to find our way back.

These are good questions we could probably all benefit from asking before it gets too late in the game.

Today your post reminded me whats important. Thanks.