Thought for the day

• Guest 664

  • Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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  26 January 2009     10:2313896
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  'When all the trees have been cut down,
  when all the animals have been hunted,
  when all the waters are polluted,
  when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
  only then will you discover that you cannot eat money."
  Cree Prophecy, North America.
• Guest 671

  • Registered: 4 May 2008
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  26 January 2009     17:4813914
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  Frightening to think that is the way we are heading. Greed and Selfishness are destroying this world.
  "My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  26 January 2009     20:3613931
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  all this on a day when our chum mr obama is starting to introduce measures in his country to combat greenhouse gas emmissions.
  
  i can see his logic, it is better for the states to reduce their dependency on imported oil.
  
  
  should mean less wars too, in the future.
• Bern

  • Location: Dover
  26 January 2009     21:3913952
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  My favourite CAFOD phrase du jour: try not to have more, but to be more. It all starts from there, and it's easy to say, but hard to do. I try.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  26 January 2009     22:0413961
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  cafod?
  
  is this the new name for a patience strong calendar?
• Bern

  • Location: Dover
  26 January 2009     22:1313962
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  Or a new coffee??? No, a great Catholic Charity focussed on overseas development (the OD part).