WildIrish,

Yessir! It's a real problem. I wish I knew how to get more people involved.

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Eudaimonia

We bribe people with food.

Homemade muffins work well.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

I think everyone should be *required* to give their time to some organization and volunteer, or their tax rates go up!

Seriously...I've pulled back from a few of my organizations a bit because of travel (for instance, for the first time in 7 years I did NOT teach Junior Achievement this year). But it bothers me because I know often times the work simply does not get done.

For instance, LAST year 40% of the classrooms in Columbus who wanted to do JA did not have a teacher volunteer. That's just sad!

I've moved on to more "transient" activities like helping with food lines, and an occasional mentor or public speaking night at Ohio State. I've also spent some time helping people with resumes........and while cleaning out my closets (and Mr. Osuche's) we managed to donate 10 trash bags worth of clothes, shoes, toiletries, linens, food, etc recently and I took them to a shelter. It's not the same....I miss my old activities...but it's better than nothing.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

osuche,

Hey! Hang in there madam. You can only do so much. You do what you can.

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Eudaimonia

Every play I've ever been involved in for my drama group becomes a huge drain of my time and energy......and every time it gets to about this stage in a production (about two weeks from first night) I promise myself I'm having nothing to do with the next production, and every time (just about) I cave and end up roped in to auditioning for a part, or helping out with make-up etc.

Wouldn't change it for the world though.

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"Time flies like an arrow -
Fruit flies like a banana"

M Y - N A U G H T Y - P I C T U R E S ! !

Yep DM! I've volunteered to sit in watch of posts from you...and I've been waiting for what seems like forever! Bout f'in time mister!

Sorry bout your wrist...hope you are a fast healer or ambidextrous!

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~

Wrist-wise, it's a tiny fracture plus BIG sprain! Sorry 'bout the lo-o-o-ong wait hon, but I've managed to finally afford a new digicamera, so ya never know!! (When I've healed up o'course!!)

DM

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind