My little brother just asked, "Why are people so nice to the people who are about to die?"
And I told him that we want to make their last few moments on earth happy.
And he said, "Everyone dies a little everyday and sometimes we don't know when a person is gonna die, so why isn't everyone always nice, because we never know what's gonna happen to someone."
As we stood in formation at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, our Flight Instructor said, "All right! All you idiots fall out."
As the rest of the squad wandered away, I remained at attention.
The Instructor walked over until he was eye-to-eye with me, and then just raised a single eyebrow.
I smiled and said, "Sure was a lot of 'em, huh sir?"
Two friends and I ordered sandwiches in a local joint.
I wanted hot sauce, Jim wanted medium and Bob, mild.
When I asked for all three, the ornery waitress pointed to the squeeze bottle sitting in the middle of the table.
"We need three," I insisted. "Which one is this?"
"All of them," she replied. "You want hotter? Put more on."
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
- Plato
“Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don’t coast through life without a passion.”
- John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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