Raj Feridun wrote:

> >It is not my game plan. This is what many fail to understand. I am merely a clumsy
> >messenger.
>
> Yes, but in fairness that's what all preachers say, "I'm not GOD I'm
> just his messenger!"

I'm  not a preacher, nor God's messenger. There is simply an old and common sense message,
some thousands of years old, which many forget or ignore.

> >Let me give you an example and an update: the remaining man behind Fukuyama Castle is in
> >bad shape. It is no act. I can observe him as I walk up from behind where he spends the
> >day sitting alone near his sleeping spot, and I have to hail him to speak to him. I can
> >observe him without his knowledge.
>
> >While he used to be talkative and alert just last week, this week, he sits hunched over
> >and unresponsive. When I arrived with the futons, he was nowhere to be seen. I found out
> >upon his return the next day that he had gone to find some medicine for some unspecified
> >problem.
>
> >I fear that he will be a repeat of his friend, but am unsure of what to do.
>
> >Two things I will not do, though it would be the right thing, and what would be required
> >of someone eventually if he continues: I will not feed him all his meals to be sure he
> >is eating right, and I will not take him in.
>
> It sounds like what he really needs is something else you probably
> couldn't do: get him to a hospital. Is there anywhere indigents can
> turn for emergency treatment in Japan?

The hospital. But how do I prove something is wrong?

> I want my children to have an even more comfortable life than I did
> (not that mine was uncomfortable).

Not possible. I am not a millionaire, nor will I be, through any foreseeable legal means.

And despite the strict upbringing of my mother, she was much too indulgent. Sure my clothes
were hand me downs or from Sears till midway through high school, but I never wanted for
anything.

My children will have a better life than I by learning to have ambition and being
independent. Independent from their parents money and the need for their approval.

> I want them to be happy first and
> foremost. If they want to be blue-collar workers that's just fine with
> me. My 9 year old son currently says he wants to be a fisherman. I
> hope they will all go to college and I'm certainly going to save so
> that they have that option should they choose it.

My son wanted to be a helicopter pilot, but now probably wants to be a Pocket Monster. My
daughter wants to grow up to be Pikachu.
--
"I want to meet my father and say, your sperm became me."

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