Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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  • Mood: impressed

Caring for Young Mothers

I was impressed by the care and consideration in this post about dealing with very young mothers of often-very-sick babies.

Whatever job you do, look for opportunities where you can make the world a better place, help someone who is getting stepped on, address a problem everyone else is ignoring, or simply offer someone a bit of respect and human dignity.  And any time you see someone else doing stuff like this, you can say thank you, which helps lighten the load and increases the chance of more people doing it too.
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  • 7 comments
asakiyume

asakiyume

February 14 2010, 22:43:56 UTC 11 years ago

That brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing it.
ysabetwordsmith

You're welcome!

ysabetwordsmith

February 14 2010, 22:59:32 UTC 11 years ago

I'm glad you appreciated it.

That looks like a mizuko kuyo icon too, probably a shrine to Jizo. I like it.
asakiyume

Re: You're welcome!

asakiyume

February 14 2010, 23:16:30 UTC 11 years ago

It is indeed a statue of Jizô :-)
ysabetwordsmith

Re: You're welcome!

ysabetwordsmith

February 15 2010, 00:09:28 UTC 11 years ago

Cool. I think he is an interesting figure.
jolantru

jolantru

February 15 2010, 01:17:01 UTC 11 years ago

This is beautiful. Thank you.

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ysabetwordsmith

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

February 15 2010, 02:25:35 UTC 11 years ago

Theoretically, if the consequences are horrible enough, people won't do whatever they're supposed to prevent.

This theory is several parsecs removed from the observable data.

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siege

Re: Well...

siege

February 15 2010, 22:11:11 UTC 11 years ago

It's not always a war against instinct, but it's often seen that way by the people trying to make it stop.