Did you make a difference

In a wonderful life we were able to see that George Bailey in his everyday ordinary life made a difference in a great many folks lives. In sum, did you make this a better world?

Are you at a place different from when you began?

With little time...........I see no difference, and I have never been more comfortable in the same. No illusions of youth, nor narcissism.......just simple acceptance of how short our visit is, and how little real control we have in that visit or the outcomes in our daily lives.

Mr. Oats, you pose a heck of a question that each of us should ask of ourselves. Soooooo, have I made a difference? Some, perhaps, but even that could be an overstatement on my part. I like to think I have been a positive influence to my grand children, of course, but they would be the arbiters of that, not I. Honestly, I try very hard to not burden others with my own stories of success and/or failure because if they really know me, again, they would be the sole arbiters, not I. I have endeavored to make my own community better by advocating for more responsible governance and the curtailment of the waste of resources, confronting an endemic GOB system with determination and have enjoyed limited but meaningful success. I will continue to wield what little influence I have to ensure our leaders will not be allowed to make decisions that benefit their inner circle at the cost and waste of public funds and convince those same folks to act responsibly and on behalf of our tax payers as well as the well being of the community in which I live. I so wish I could be more specific but it would require me surrendering my anonymity and I, like you, prefer to remain a ghost to use your phraseology. [b] In the scheme of things my answer is the difference I have made is minimal but I remain proud of the success I enjoyed.[b]

and was it a positive or negative difference?

Over the years, I've been involved with saving people in car accidents, Industrial accidents and Heart attacks.
If they live their lives with positive actions it's a good thing, but if they commit a crime did I make a difference?

Just a thought.

I will never know my true impact.

Still trying.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
Pythagoras

How do you measure the worth of a human being. Is it how much capital has been collected? Is it how many good deeds? Does each human have a unique worth which cannot be measured? In our lives, we often ignored the least among us, and gave idolatry to the rich and famous......yet how do we gauge the contributions of an individual's life?

I hope I did. I've worked the last 35 yrs. working in a profession that didn't pay a whole lot but I did it because I wanted to not because they paid me. I could of done something else.Some people were very grateful.Some were not. I think many people would say I did and that's good enough.

Nothing feels better than helping someone.

Geeze lookie here two saints...LOL I can't look you got your halos polished up too bright....

11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

Dreamsglore wrote:I hope I did. I've worked the last 35 yrs. working in a profession that didn't pay a whole lot but I did it because I wanted to not because they paid me. I could of done something else.Some people were very grateful.Some were not. I think many people would say I did and that's good enough.

I second that.

Geeze lookie here two saints.

I am no saint. I never helped as much as I could, and I often took the path of least resistance. I should have done much more.

Saints..well let me see, one got paid to do it the other did it because it made him feel good....lotsa love huh..LOL.

Actually I like Dreams so I guess even Mother Teresa got paid so..yeah you may be a Saint Dreams..who am I to judge ?

I'm not a saint,Teo. Far from it but I don't like to see anyone be it humans or animals suffer for any reason. So let's just say I did it for myself which is less admirable and leaves me out of the saint category.

I have a house full of wheelchair athletes playing ping pong and pool tournaments... and a few jello shots in between.

PkrBum wrote:I have a house full of wheelchair athletes playing ping pong and pool tournaments... and a few jello shots in between.

If you provide the jello shots for free I think we got you lined up for instant sainthood!

and a few jello shots in between.

nothing worse than getting the advantage by giving jello shots to wheelchair bound ping pong players......maybe loosening a few bolts on their buggies and setting the table up near the basement stairs.......

pk's victory dance

I'm a tennis coach for an adaptive sports program... this was our annual party. Great fun. My sister is one of the players is how I got started in it. Now I've been roped into coaching a middle school boys team and both boys and girls hs teams.

I tried being a teaching pro out of college but hated it... I love this. I guess it's true... those who can't do teach.

2seaoat wrote:and a few jello shots in between.

nothing worse than getting the advantage by giving jello shots to wheelchair bound ping pong players......maybe loosening a few bolts on their buggies and setting the table up near the basement stairs.......

pk's victory dance

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