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RckyMtnActivist - determining that you are going to heaven is easy
....even though some of our more fervant Blogit contributors have entry to heaven narrowed down to about 10-12 people in all of history, which of course includes themselves, it is merely a numbers game. If this mythical place exists, it stands to resons that most decent people will eventually end up there. Mind you there may be a few penances to be performed while awaiting entry. I expect that I will be forced to crush several million beer cans on my forehead before ol St. Pete lets me anywhere near the pearly gates.
posted by
gomedome
on December 29, 2005 at 9:30 AM
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Gome...
Thank you for allowing me to enter your personal furry heaven! How did you know that's where I belong?? 
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on December 29, 2005 at 9:14 AM
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Good observation
People's attention span is short. After Christmas, consumers' focus shifts from the giving spirit $$ towards spending their tax refund. Marketing agencies make great leaders of the band.
Melody
posted by
CunningLinguist
on December 28, 2005 at 7:21 PM
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wislon - that's an honest assessment
it does seem easier at Christmas and it is not easy to change our habits.
posted by
gomedome
on December 28, 2005 at 6:42 PM
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So true
I try to remember to do good all year but it always seems easier at Christmas.
posted by
wislon
on December 28, 2005 at 5:47 PM
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too funny
tragicomic
it's a tough world, to be sure.
posted by
Xeno-x
on December 28, 2005 at 11:50 AM
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I'm not a hypocrite
I can afford to show equal good will all year long right now. When you can not afford to give, it makes it real easy to not give any time of the year after all.
More seriously though, part of the whole problem is we are not encouraged to be giving during the rest of the year it seems. There are a few times a year that people get out and do kind things, as society tells them it is acceptable at those times. The rest of the year if society is not telling them to give and care about others, they do not see the need to do so. It is part of that whole idea that you need to be told to do good and not figure it out for yourself.
You know as well as I do that there are a lot of sheep out there who do nothing more than follow and do as they are told.
posted by
kooka_lives
on December 28, 2005 at 9:46 AM
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sannhet and Ariala - thanx for stopping bye
I think we can all add our names to the hypocrite list, myself included. Where we are overwhelmed by an infectious feeling of goodwill at Christmas, and as Damonleigh suggests, maybe even one week is something that we should be grateful for, we do all tend to loose this spirit afterwards. Unfortunately, people are just as needy at other times of the year.
posted by
gomedome
on December 28, 2005 at 7:49 AM
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renigade3 -- you've hit on one of the problems that social aid agencies run
into all of the time. There is no helping some people and almost all situations of unsolicited attempts at charity, warrant caution during the approach.
posted by
gomedome
on December 28, 2005 at 7:44 AM
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I saw a bum like that last year. I tried to give him some
fruit that I had in the van. "Keep your damn bananas,lady," he screamed at me as I made my offer ( I didn't have any money on me). I pulled back around (naively thinking he might be allergic) and offered him a basket of apples and oranges I had prepared to drop off to an elderly woman. "F*ck your apples and oragnges, too!" he screamed the second time.
As a result, I've decided to hate bums all year round...
Not really...
And btw--My New Year's Resolution is to up my drinking to TWO barrels a day. I think once the vomiting stops I should be okay.
posted by
Renigade
on December 28, 2005 at 7:39 AM
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RckyMtnActivist, DamonLeigh and meeshe4 - I've added you to the list of
Little Furry Bloggers as well. I change the scrolling order periodically to even out the link exposure.
posted by
gomedome
on December 28, 2005 at 7:39 AM
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Giskard and brisbane_artist --- flattery will get you everywhere
I've added you Blogit hotlinks to my Little Furry Bloggers srolling script.
posted by
gomedome
on December 28, 2005 at 7:35 AM
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Gome -
Great message! Maybe we should have a Christmas day once each month? Maybe others would continue with their giving throughout the year, rather then just the last month of it. Probably not though.
posted by
sannhet
on December 28, 2005 at 6:25 AM
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Gomey, good message!
posted by
Ariala
on December 28, 2005 at 5:30 AM
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Mercy should be all year..
I fought with my neighbor for the first time on Christmas Night..What was that all about...Some people are just so whacked!
posted by
meeshe4
on December 28, 2005 at 5:28 AM
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"I like the lil' bloggers drifiting up to heaven on the side bar"
LOL! That is pretty damn funny!
Guess I'm going to that other place!
posted by
Giskard
on December 28, 2005 at 5:28 AM
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Alas...
...it seems that many folk try really hard to be 'nice' at Christmas, and don't give it a second thought for the other 51 weeks of the year.
Still, I suppose one week out of 52 is a start, at least!
D
posted by
DamonLeigh
on December 28, 2005 at 12:56 AM
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I like the lil' bloggers
drifiting up to heaven on the side bar
Jo
posted by
brisbane_artist
on December 28, 2005 at 12:36 AM
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Gome...
Excellent post. So true and so sad!
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on December 28, 2005 at 12:06 AM
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DrJPT -- Your last line sounds like something I might have said
"I tell them there are a lot of things they could do towards helping others as opposed to sitting in the buildings and attempting to get me straight!! "
Right on, .... I've suggested that they sell the buildings, some of them are on valuable real estate. They think my suggestion is crazy.
posted by
gomedome
on December 27, 2005 at 9:28 PM
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Hypocrites!
Your post is awesome! I have essentially this same conversation with my relatives who feel it is important to be in the church building on Sundays and Wednesdays and always hassle me if I am not in attendance. I tell them there are a lot of things they could do towards helping others as opposed to sitting in the buildings and attempting to get me straight!!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on December 27, 2005 at 9:22 PM
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