“They’ve set fire to a sacred place”.
“Fire can work in two ways. It destroys everything it encounters, converting it to carbon footprints. It can also ignite minds and hearts to do something that has never been done before”.
“It sounds good to this point. The point is whether those ignited minds and hearts make positive, proactive or reactionary moves”.
“I’m seeing the glow….”
“That is a choice we need to make. What do we see, and how are we going to let it affect us?”
“I don’t want to be a carbon footprint, whatever path I need to take.”

So beautiful writing 🌹
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Thank you so much!
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It all depends on how we respond. Well done.
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Thank you, Athling!
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Interesting, thought-provoking dialogue. I like the notion of ‘ignited minds and hearts’.
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Thank you, Margaret!
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Our lives are as much how we respond to things as the things that actually happen to us. Nice story.
-David
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Thank you, David!
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Human egos will turn us all to ash unless something big interrupts our trajectory as a species.
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AI has made a debut appearance. 😊
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🙂
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I think we are all different and so is religion. We need to accept rather than destroy.
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Religions are different attempts to see the truth. And here it becomes a battle of ‘my truth. Vs yours’
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The motive behind such behavior is hatred and fear. Always damaging, almost always irreparable. When will we ever learn.
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That’s a big question! 😂
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Whether the reaction is to a real or artificial attack hardly matters in the end – it’s unlikely to be beneficial for the people on the ground.
You definitely made me think this morning, thanks.
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Thank you, Elmo!
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And then there’s the question about what standards we use to decide if a move is positive
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Absolutely.
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Dear Reena,
It boils down to choices, doesn’t it? I don’t think burning down sacred places is a right choice in any event.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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True that. Thank you, Rochelle!
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