Comments on: Friday Musings

By: Fuzzilicious Thinking

Fuzzilicious Thinking — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 03:30:57 +0000

Go Navy!

Lex has written about compassion fatigue, and he’s very right; it’s there. But fatigue doesn’t make a charitable need any smaller in scope or intensity. And frankly, compassion fatigue as an excuse just doesn’t cut it when a wounded veteran is lyin…

By: Kris, in New England

Kris, in New England — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:49:43 +0000

Thanx FbL. I know many people like your acquaintances – stick their head in the sand and wait for it all to “blow over”. Well I have a conscience and I just can’t do that – as attractive as it can sound these days. Glad to know there are others of like mind…safety in numbers or something like that.

By: FbL

FbL — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:23:56 +0000

I just want to live my quiet life and be blissfully ignorant, but I can?ɬ

By: FbL

FbL — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:23:56 +0000

I just want to live my quiet life and be blissfully ignorant, but I canâ€™t.

Well said, Kris. That’s how I feel too… especially about the war we’re in. Some days I just want to metaphorically pull the covers up over my head and go back to sleep. So many of my acquaintance manage to do that with such apparent ease…

By: Kris, in New England

Kris, in New England — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:35:36 +0000

Lex, I like how you said it (no surprise) – Compassion Fatigue. I care, I really do, but I have reached the point where I’m not sure I can take more. I just want to live my quiet life and be blissfully ignorant, but I can’t. So I like how you said it; puts into words what I’ve been struggling to understand about myself for a while now.

Thank you.

By: FbL

FbL — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:16:35 +0000

Lex, thanks for the Valour-IT mention. We’re still waiting on some of the principals to make it official, but we expect to kick off the fundraising push on Wednesday.

Re: Noonan, I agree. I hate to think too much on it and I’ve never quite been able to articulate the unease, but I do find myself continually disappointed and worried by what I see around me.

As for rhythms… Yes, it must end (sigh). And what will we do, then? I don’t know, but I suspect our feelings on the subject are very similar to what you are going through over Firely.