For all my friends, whether close or casual, just because. This is one of the longest posts I will ever make, and one of the most real too. Everyone will go through some hard times at some point. Life isnt easy. Just something to think about. Did you know the people that are the strongest are usually the most sensitive? Did you know the people who exhibit the most kindness are the first to get mistreated? Did you know the ones who take care of others all the time are usually the ones who need it the most? Did you know the three hardest things to say are I love you, Im sorry, and help me? Sometimes just because a person looks happy, you have to look past their smile to see how much pain they may be in. To all my friends who are going through some issues right now--lets start an intentional avalanche. We all need positive intentions right now. If I dont see your name, Ill understand. May I ask my friends wherever you might be, to kindly copy and paste this status for one hour to give a moment of support to all of those who have family problems, health struggles, job issues, worries of any kind and just needs to know that someone cares. Do it for all of us, for nobody is immune. I hope to see this on the walls of all my friends just for moral support. I know some will!!! I did it for a friend and you can too. You have to copy and paste this one, NO SHARING... I will leave it in the comments so it is easier for you to copy paste Like · · Share Brystal Walton and 5 others like this. Peggie Rinker Diello I dont know how to copy and paste on my phone so I have to share it to get it on my page. I needed to see this I have been down and out since Friday. So thank you Ruth 14 hrs · Like Marlene Duffy Im one of the folks that dont know how to do this, but it certainly does hit home. Thanks Ruthie 1 hr · Like William A Shafer Write a comment... Larry Lanterman shared SEAL Of Honors photo. 6 hrs · THANK YOU FROM BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. Honoring Marine Maj. Megan M. McClung who selflessly sacrificed her life eight years ago today in Iraq. Please help me honor her so that she is not forgotten. SEAL Of Honor with Joana Prosser and 2 others Honoring Marine Maj. Megan M. McClung who selflessly sacrificed her life eight years ago today in Iraq. Please help me honor her so that she is not forgotten. Like · · Share William A Shafer Write a comment... Virginia A Slator and Jennifer MacBlane shared Stephen David Forbess photo. Apparently the White House referred to Christmas Trees as Holiday Trees for the first time this year, which prompted CBS presenter, Ben Stein, to present this piece which I would like to share with you. The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary. My confession: I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejewelled trees, Christmas trees. I dont feel threatened. I dont feel discriminated against. Thats what they are, Christmas trees. It doesnt bother me a bit when people say, Merry Christmas to me. I dont think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesnt bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu. If people want a nativity scene, its just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away. I dont like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I dont think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I cant find it in the Constitution and I dont like it being shoved down my throat. Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we arent allowed to worship God? I guess thats a sign that Im getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to. In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; its not funny, its intended to get you thinking. Billy Grahams daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her How could God let something like this happen? (regarding Hurricane Katrina). Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years weve been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone? In light of recent events... terrorist attacks, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray OHare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didnt want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK. Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldnt spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spocks son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what hes talking about. And we said okay. Now were asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they dont know right from wrong, and why it doesnt bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with WE REAP WHAT WE SOW. Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the worlds going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. Are you laughing yet? Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because youre not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it. Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us. Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not, then just discard it.... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, dont sit back and complain about what a bad shape the world is in. My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully, Ben Stein Stephen David Forbes Apparently the White House referred to Christmas Trees as Holiday Trees for the first time this year, which prompted CBS presenter, Ben Stein, to present this p... See More Virginia A Slator shared Stephen David Forbess photo. 20 hrs · Like · · Share William A Shafer Write a comment... Jennifer MacBlane shared Stephen David Forbess photo. 23 hrs · Like · · Share Sara Kingsley likes this. William A Shafer Write a comment... 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