Know to Care.

People won't care how much you know until they know how much care. Today, a Vietnamese mother was telling me about her life. The more I listen, the more I forget about my own problems & needs.
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Sure, you got to take care of yourself before you can take care of others, but to what end? When we earn money, lust sets in. We begin to crave more drugs, money, power, influence, pleasure. I've known this mother & her family in Vietnam since 2013, but today took me by surprise. I learn things that I kind of already know, but the specifics still make my eyes tear up when I hear about boys beating girls. I hear about affairs, murders, theft, and other problems in life. We are all aware of hypothetical problems, but our perspective is so small when we are distant from the impact of situations. We may feel sorry about starving Africans, but we still feel different if our mother or daughter was starving to death because then it becomes more personal.
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Please take the time to talk to the people around you in order to seek after empathy, sympathy, realization, perspective, heart, soul, patience, and oatmeal four your soul. Learn how to be part of their story. Be a guardian angel for others. You may be the only good thing in their lives. When you look back on things, you may see the difference that you are making. Please love the way you are now. You can be beautiful with the body you have. Asians don't have to look Caucasian. Black people want to be white and whites want to be black. We want what we do "NOT" have and we miss out on what we do have. You are beautiful and you can blossom more through potential, insight, reflection, education, entertainment, laughter, comedy, patience, guidance, dedication, love, mercy, & discipline.
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Seek to be servants instead of royalty. Try your best to give and not just take from others. Seek to be a light in a dark lonely world. Give to others what you want. If you are lonely, seek to be a friend to others. If you want people to listen to you more, listen to them first. Take the time to understand more about the world around you. Make time for people because the benefits are priceless. Be happy with where you are right now and with what you have. Take the time to tell others how much you love and trust them and tell them you hope and pray that they love & trust you as well. Tell people that you are praying for them. Tell them that you miss them. Tell them that you are always there if they need somebody to talk to.
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Happy Lunar New Years 2016.
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JOEY ARNOLD
2016-02-04 Thursday, 3 PM, APN
0168-478-5542